Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Steam Deck OLED APU

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1435not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Strix Halo/Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 300)
Power efficiency29.13no data
DesignerAMDAMD
Architecture codenameVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)Strix Point (Zen 5) (2025)
Release date9 November 2023 (1 year ago)6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB8 MB
L3 cache4 MB16 MB
Chip lithography6 nm4 nm
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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.

Socketno dataFP8
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen Z2 Extreme. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEUSB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Ryzen Z2 Extreme. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz)AMD Radeon 890M

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 November 2023 6 January 2025
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 6 nm 4 nm

Ryzen Z2 Extreme has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between AMD Steam Deck OLED APU and AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme. We've got no test results to judge.

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