FX-8300 vs Steam Deck OLED APU

Place in the ranking	1287	1561
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	29.05	3.34
Architecture codename	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)	Vishera (2012−2015)
Release date	9 November 2023 (1 year ago)	23 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and FX-8300 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	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.2 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	8192 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	no data
Chip lithography	6 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	315 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	+
P0 Vcore voltage	no data	Min: 1.075 V - Max: 1.2875 V

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and FX-8300 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	AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and FX-8300. 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 FX-8300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and FX-8300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and FX-8300.

PCIe version

no data

n/a

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.70	3.43
Recency	9 November 2023	23 October 2012
Physical cores	4	8
Chip lithography	6 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt

Steam Deck OLED APU has a 37% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

FX-8300, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.

The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the FX-8300 in performance tests.

Be aware that Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook processor while FX-8300 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Steam Deck OLED APU and FX-8300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.