Steam Deck OLED APU vs Ryzen 5 3400G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3400G and Steam Deck OLED APU processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1039	1272
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	15.51	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	Picasso (2019−2020)	Van Gogh (Custom)
Release date	7 July 2019 (4 years ago)	9 November 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price	$162	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3400G 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	84 x 3.6  GHz AMD Zen 2
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	6 nm
Die size	210 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	4,950 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3400G 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)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3400G 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	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3400G and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3400G and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3400G and Steam Deck OLED APU.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.99	4.43
Recency	7 July 2019	9 November 2023
Threads	8	84 x 3.6 GHz AMD Zen 2
Chip lithography	12 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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