Athlon 200GE vs Steam Deck OLED APU

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Aggregate performance score

Steam Deck OLED APU
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.61
+78%
Athlon 200GE
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.59

Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Athlon 200GE by an impressive 78% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 200GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12901723
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.27
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Athlon
Power efficiency29.097.00
Architecture codenameVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date9 November 2023 (1 year ago)1 June 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 200GE 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplierno data32
L1 cache256 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 200GE 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.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataAM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 200GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 200GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 200GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CUAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 200GE.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.61 2.59
Recency 9 November 2023 1 June 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 6 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Steam Deck OLED APU has a 78% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 200GE in performance tests.

Be aware that Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook processor while Athlon 200GE is a desktop one.


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