Athlon Silver 3050e 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
+149%
Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85

Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 149% 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 ranking12901988
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency29.0929.18
Architecture codenameVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date9 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache256 KB192 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography6 nm14 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno 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.

Socketno dataFP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 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 extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEMMX, 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 typesDDR4DDR4

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
+149%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.85

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
+204%
Athlon Silver 3050e 227

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Steam Deck OLED APU 4457
+280%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1172

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Steam Deck OLED APU 1486
+150%
Athlon Silver 3050e 595

7-Zip

Steam Deck OLED APU 19684
+196%
Athlon Silver 3050e 6642

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.61 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 149.2% 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.


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