7 150U vs Steam Deck OLED APU

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Aggregate performance score

Steam Deck OLED APU
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.59
Core 7 150U
2024
10 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
9.93
+116%

Core 7 150U outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by a whopping 116% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1303782
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Raptor Lake-U
Power efficiency28.9662.65
Architecture codenameVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)Raptor Lake-U Refresh (2024)
Release date9 November 2023 (1 year ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz5.4 GHz
Bus rateno data55 MHz
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U 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
Socketno dataFCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U. 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, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory sizeno data96 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz)Intel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data96

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core 7 150U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

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 4.59
7 150U 9.93
+116%

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
7 150U 1506
+119%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Steam Deck OLED APU 4457
7 150U 7987
+79.2%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Steam Deck OLED APU 1486
7 150U 1939
+30.5%

7-Zip

Steam Deck OLED APU 19684
7 150U 37997
+93%

CrossMark Overall

Steam Deck OLED APU 840
7 150U 1734
+106%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Steam Deck OLED APU 107
7 150U 276
+158%

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Steam Deck OLED APU 4587
7 150U 9038
+97%

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Steam Deck OLED APU 1348
7 150U 2656
+97%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.59 9.93
Recency 9 November 2023 8 January 2024
Physical cores 4 10
Threads 8 12

7 150U has a 116.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, and 150% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

The Core 7 150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.


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