3020e vs Steam Deck OLED APU

Place in the ranking	1290	2123
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency	29.09	24.13
Architecture codename	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	9 November 2023 (1 year ago)	4 August 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and 3020e 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and 3020e 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	no data	FT5
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and 3020e. 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, 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 Steam Deck OLED APU and 3020e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Steam Deck OLED APU 4.61
+201%

3020e 1.53

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Steam Deck OLED APU 689
+252%

3020e 196

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Steam Deck OLED APU 4457
+275%

3020e 1188

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Steam Deck OLED APU 1486
+133%

3020e 638

7-Zip

Steam Deck OLED APU 19684
+297%

3020e 4963

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.61	1.53
Recency	9 November 2023	4 August 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	6 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

Steam Deck OLED APU has a 201.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

3020e, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the 3020e in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Steam Deck OLED APU and 3020e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.