CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Steam Deck CPU (LCD)

CORE STATE Van Gogh

CORE SPECS 4 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 3.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 4 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 15W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 2

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i5-1230U

CORE STATE Alder Lake-U

CORE SPECS 10 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1000 Base / 4.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 9W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

N/A

932

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

N/A

131

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

N/A

3,884

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

N/A

548

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

N/A

9,248

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

N/A

1,305

geekbench_multicore

N/A

5,567

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

1,612

passmark_data_compression

N/A

114,042

passmark_data_encryption

N/A

7,176

passmark_extended_instructions

N/A

6,282

passmark_find_prime_numbers

N/A

55

passmark_floating_point_math

N/A

25,340

passmark_integer_math

N/A

38,401

passmark_multithread

N/A

10,881

passmark_physics

N/A

828

passmark_random_string_sorting

N/A

12,760

passmark_single_thread

N/A

2,712

passmark_singlethread

N/A

2,712

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Steam Deck CPU (LCD)

i5-1230U

Core Specs

Cores

4

10 +150.0%

Threads

8

12 +50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

1,000 +41566.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

3.5

4.4 +25.7%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

1,000 +41566.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

3.5

4.4 +25.7%

Multiplier

24

10 -58.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

4 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

15

9 -40.0%

PL1

—

9 W

PL2

—

29 W

Configurable TDP

4 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 2

Alder Lake

Codename

Van Gogh

Alder Lake-U

Generation

Ryzen Custom (Zen 2 (Van Gogh))

Core i5 (Alder Lake-U)

Process Size

7 nm

10 nm

Transistors

2,400 million

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Die Size

163 mm²

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Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD BGA ST1

Intel BGA 1781

PCIe

Gen 3, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 2 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

700 MHz up to 3.3 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Navi II 8CU

Iris Xe 80EU

Other

Market

Mobile

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Part Number

100-000000405

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Package

FC-BGA

FC-BGA

Tj Max

105°C

100°C

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