Steam Deck OLED APU vs Xeon E5-2630 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Steam Deck OLED APU processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	907	1272
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.36	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Van Gogh (Custom)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	9 November 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$667	no data
Current price	$113 (0.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 v4 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	10 (Deca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	20	84 x 3.6  GHz AMD Zen 2
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus support	2 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	2.5 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	25 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 v4 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	2	no data
Socket	FCLGA2011	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	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
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Steam Deck OLED APU technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

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 E5-2630 v4 and Steam Deck OLED APU.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	7.52	4.43
Recency	20 June 2016	9 November 2023
Physical cores	10	4
Threads	20	84 x 3.6 GHz AMD Zen 2
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

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