Ryzen 5 8540U vs Steam Deck OLED APU

Place in the ranking	1300	661
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	no data
Power efficiency	28.81	39.67
Architecture codename	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)	Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date	9 November 2023 (1 year ago)	6 December 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 8540U 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	8	12
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.9 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	6 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	137 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	20,900 million
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 8540U 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	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 8540U. 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	AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 8540U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 8540U. 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
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AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz)

AMD Radeon 740M ( - 2800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 8540U.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	14

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.59	11.80
Physical cores	4	6
Threads	8	12
Chip lithography	6 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	28 Watt

Steam Deck OLED APU has 86.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 8540U, on the other hand, has a 157.1% higher aggregate performance score, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 8540U 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 Ryzen 5 8540U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.