Steam Deck OLED APU vs Ryzen 5 3500X

Place in the ranking	907	1290
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	12.06	29.09
Architecture codename	Matisse (2019−2020)	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date	24 September 2019 (5 years ago)	9 November 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500X 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	6	8
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	32 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm, 12 nm	6 nm
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500X 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 3500X 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	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500X and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500X and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.28	4.61
Recency	24 September 2019	9 November 2023
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	6	8
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500X has a 79.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores.

Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 33.3% more threads, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3500X is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 3500X is a desktop processor while Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3500X and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.