Steam Deck OLED APU vs Ryzen 5 1600X

Place in the ranking	911	1284
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.40	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	8.19	29.06
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date	16 March 2017 (7 years ago)	9 November 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1600X 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	8
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	36	no data
L1 cache	576 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	213 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	4800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1600X 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600X 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 Ryzen 5 1600X and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Steam Deck OLED APU.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	24	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.53	4.78
Recency	16 March 2017	9 November 2023
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Ryzen 5 1600X has a 78.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 1600X is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 1600X is a desktop processor while Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 1600X and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.