Steam Deck OLED APU vs Ryzen 9 5900H
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 5900H outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by an impressive 87% 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 | 1090 | 1531 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 7.23 | 11.61 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Cezanne U (Zen 3) (2021−2022) | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) |
| Release date | 7 January 2021 (4 years ago) | 9 November 2023 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 5900H 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.6 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 5900H 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) | 45 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 5900H and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | 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 9 5900H and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000) | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz) |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.66 | 4.10 |
| Integrated graphics card | 8.22 | 10.21 |
| Recency | 7 January 2021 | 9 November 2023 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 4 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 9 5900H has a 86.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has 24.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.
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