Steam Deck OLED APU vs Xeon E7530

Place in the ranking	1313	1303
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	4.08	28.81
Architecture codename	no data	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)	9 November 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7530 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	8
Base clock speed	1.87 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.13 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	no data	2 MB
L3 cache	12 MB L3 Cache	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	6 nm
Maximum core temperature	64 °C	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7530 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	FCLGA1567	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7530 and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	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
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E7530 and Steam Deck OLED APU technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7530 and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7530 and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz)

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.55	4.59
Recency	1 January 2010	9 November 2023
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	8
Chip lithography	45 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	15 Watt

Xeon E7530 has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has a 0.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 650% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon E7530 and Steam Deck OLED APU.

Be aware that Xeon E7530 is a server/workstation processor while Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E7530 and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.