Steam Deck OLED APU vs Ryzen Z2
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen Z2 outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by an impressive 69% 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 | 1091 | 1444 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 26.27 | 29.15 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023−2025) | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 9 November 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen Z2 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 | 5.1 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen Z2 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 | FP7/FP7r2/FP8 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Z2 and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 | 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 Z2 and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 780M | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz) |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.67 | 4.53 |
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 9 November 2023 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 4 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen Z2 has a 69.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has 86.7% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen Z2 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.
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