Steam Deck OLED APU vs Opteron 6348

Place in the ranking	1226	1288
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	4.06	29.09
Architecture codename	Abu Dhabi (2012)	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date	5 November 2012 (12 years ago)	9 November 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Opteron 6348 and Steam Deck OLED APU basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	12 (Dodeca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	8
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	576 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	12 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (per die)	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	315 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	2,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6348 and Steam Deck OLED APU compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	4	no data
Socket	G34	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6348 and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 6348 and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6348 and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6348 and Steam Deck OLED APU.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.96	4.63
Recency	5 November 2012	9 November 2023
Physical cores	12	4
Threads	12	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	15 Watt

Opteron 6348 has a 7.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 666.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Opteron 6348 and Steam Deck OLED APU.

Be aware that Opteron 6348 is a server/workstation processor while Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Opteron 6348 and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.