Ultra 5 226V vs Steam Deck OLED APU

Place in the ranking	1339	589
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	no data
Power efficiency	27.24	71.09
Architecture codename	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)	Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date	9 November 2023 (less than a year ago)	24 September 2024 (recently)

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and Core Ultra 5 226V 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.5 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	192 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	6 nm	3 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Core Ultra 5 226V 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	Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core Ultra 5 226V. 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	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Steam Deck OLED APU and Core Ultra 5 226V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core Ultra 5 226V are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core Ultra 5 226V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

Arc 130V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core Ultra 5 226V.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.49	13.28
Recency	9 November 2023	24 September 2024
Physical cores	4	8
Chip lithography	6 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	17 Watt

Steam Deck OLED APU has 13.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 5 226V, on the other hand, has a 195.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, 100% more physical cores, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Core Ultra 5 226V is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Steam Deck OLED APU and Core Ultra 5 226V, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.