Steam Deck OLED APU vs Opteron 6348

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6348 and Steam Deck OLED APU processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1146	1274
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.96	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	Abu Dhabi (2012)	Van Gogh (Custom)
Release date	5 November 2012 (11 years ago)	9 November 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price	$340	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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	84 x 3.6  GHz AMD Zen 2
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
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

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	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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

+

no data

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

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.08	4.43
Recency	5 November 2012	9 November 2023
Physical cores	12	4
Threads	12	84 x 3.6 GHz AMD Zen 2
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	15 Watt

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