Athlon Silver 3050e vs Steam Deck OLED APU
Aggregate performance score
Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 148% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1304 | 2002 |
| 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 | 28.96 | 29.18 |
| Architecture codename | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 9 November 2023 (1 year ago) | 1 June 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver 3050e 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 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.8 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 |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver 3050e 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 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver 3050e. 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, SMT, 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 Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | 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.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core
7-Zip
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.59 | 1.85 |
| Recency | 9 November 2023 | 1 June 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 6 Watt |
Steam Deck OLED APU has a 148.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.
The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver 3050e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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