Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Steam Deck OLED APU
Aggregate performance score
Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE by an impressive 56% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1576 | 1951 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 11.60 | 3.19 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) | Picasso (2019−2022) |
| Release date | 9 November 2023 (2 years ago) | 21 July 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE 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 | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 96 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | no data | 210 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,940 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4-2933 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz) | AMD Radeon Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.12 | 2.64 |
| Integrated graphics card | 10.22 | 2.75 |
| Recency | 9 November 2023 | 21 July 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Steam Deck OLED APU has a 56.1% higher aggregate performance score, 271.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE in performance tests.
Be aware that Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook processor while Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is a desktop one.
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