Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U vs Steam Deck OLED APU
Aggregate performance score
Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1273 | 1295 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Architecture codename | Van Gogh (Custom) | Raven Ridge (2017−2018) |
| Release date | 9 November 2023 (less than a year ago) | 26 October 2017 (6 years ago) |
| Current price | no data | $611 |
Detailed specifications
Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 84 x 3.6 GHz AMD Zen 2 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | no data |
| AVX | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
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 outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Benchmark coverage: 15%
Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by 25% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.43 | 4.30 |
| Recency | 9 November 2023 | 26 October 2017 |
| Threads | 84 x 3.6 GHz AMD Zen 2 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 14 nm |
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U.
Should you still have questions on choice between Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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