Steam Deck OLED APU vs Ryzen Z2 A

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen Z2 A
4 cores / 8 threads, 2 Watt
5.72
+39.9%

Ryzen Z2 A outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by a considerable 40% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12951550
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
DesignerAMDAMD
Architecture codenameRenoir (2020−2023)Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release dateno data9 November 2023 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Z2 A 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithographyno data6 nm
64 bit support-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Z2 A 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.

Power consumption (TDP)2 MB + 8 MB2 MB + 4 MB

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Z2 A and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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 Z2 A and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD 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.

Ryzen Z2 A 5.72
+39.9%
Steam Deck OLED APU 4.09

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen Z2 A 868
+26%
Steam Deck OLED APU 689

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.72 4.09

Ryzen Z2 A has a 39.9% higher aggregate performance score.

The AMD Ryzen Z2 A is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.

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