Processor U300 vs Steam Deck OLED APU
Aggregate performance score
Processor U300 outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1585 | 1426 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 17.57 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | Intel Raptor Lake-U |
| Power efficiency | 11.60 | 14.10 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) | Raptor Lake-U (2023) |
| Release date | 9 November 2023 (2 years ago) | 4 January 2023 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $193 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Steam Deck OLED APU and Processor U300 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) | 5 (Penta-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 6 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 55 MHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 10 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Processor U300 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 1744 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Processor U300. 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 Processor U300 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 Processor U300 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 Processor U300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz) | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1100 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Processor U300.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
7-Zip
WebXPRT 4 Overall
Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.12 | 5.01 |
| Integrated graphics card | 10.22 | 4.32 |
| Recency | 9 November 2023 | 4 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 5 |
| Threads | 8 | 6 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 10 nm |
Steam Deck OLED APU has 136.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 10 months, 33.3% more threads, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.
Processor U300, on the other hand, has a 21.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 25% more physical cores.
The Intel Processor U300 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.
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