Core 2 Duo T8300 vs Steam Deck OLED APU

Place in the ranking	1284	2505
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	Intel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency	29.06	2.50
Architecture codename	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	9 November 2023 (less than a year ago)	10 January 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$241

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 2 Duo T8300 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	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	3 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	6 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
VID voltage range	no data	1V-1.25V

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 2 Duo T8300 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	BGA479,PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 2 Duo T8300. 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	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 2 Duo T8300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 2 Duo T8300 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 2 Duo T8300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.78	0.96
Recency	9 November 2023	10 January 2008
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	6 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Steam Deck OLED APU has a 397.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 650% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T8300 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 2 Duo T8300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.