Steam Deck OLED APU vs Xeon D-2712T

Place in the ranking	1193	1331
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	no data	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)	9 November 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon D-2712T and Steam Deck OLED APU 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	8	8
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	no data	2 MB
L3 cache	15 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-2712T and Steam Deck OLED APU 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.

Socket	FCBGA2579	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-2712T and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX-512	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-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
QuickAssist	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Status	Launched	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon D-2712T and Steam Deck OLED APU technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-2712T and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-2712T and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-2712T and Steam Deck OLED APU.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	32	no data
USB revision	3.0	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	24	no data
Number of USB ports	4	no data
Integrated LAN	+	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.23	4.49
Recency	1 January 2022	9 November 2023
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Xeon D-2712T has a 16.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 66.7% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Xeon D-2712T is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon D-2712T is a server/workstation processor while Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon D-2712T and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.