Steam Deck OLED APU vs Ryzen 5 7430U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 7430U outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by a whopping 122% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 952 | 1530 |
| Place by popularity | 53 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 25.89 | 11.64 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Barcelo-U (Zen 3) (2022−2023) | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) |
| Release date | 1 September 2023 (2 years ago) | 9 November 2023 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 7430U 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 | 2.3 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 7430U 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.
| Socket | FP6 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 7430U and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | 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 | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 7430U and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz) | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz) |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.14 | 4.11 |
| Integrated graphics card | 6.65 | 10.21 |
| Recency | 1 September 2023 | 9 November 2023 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
Ryzen 5 7430U has a 122.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has 53.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 months, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 5 7430U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.
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