Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 vs Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 CPU1 vs CPU2 Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

CPU comparison

Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 or Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 was released in Q1/2009.

The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) was released in Q4/2023.
Intel Celeron (165) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (86)
Intel Core 2 Duo P7000/SP9000/SU7000 (6) CPU group AMD Sephiroth (Steam Deck Refresh 2023) (1)
2 Generation 4
Wolfdale (Penryn) Architecture Sephiroth (Zen 2)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 is 1.60 GHz while the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) is at 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz).

Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 or Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.60 GHz
-- GPU Generation --
Technology 7 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 8
-- Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) supports up to 16 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 102.4 GB/s.

Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
Memory LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory 16 GB
0 Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
Yes ECC No
3.00 MB L2 Cache 2.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 is 10 W, while the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4 W
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 is manufactured in 45 nm and has 3.00 MB cache. The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) is manufactured in 6 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.

Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
45 nm Technology 6 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 956 Socket FF3
VT-x Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Operating systems SteamOS (Arch Linux)
Q1/2009 Release date Q4/2023
-- Release price --
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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Intel Core2 Duo SU9600
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
57 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Intel Core2 Duo SU9600
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
275 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Intel Core2 Duo SU9600
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
975 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Intel Core2 Duo SU9600
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
4359 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Intel Core2 Duo SU9600
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1296 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Intel Core2 Duo SU9600
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
4510 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Intel Core2 Duo SU9600
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) @ 1.60 GHz
1638 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core2 Duo SU9600 Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
Unknown Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

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