Intel Pentium N4200 vs Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium N4200		Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
CPU comparison Intel Pentium N4200 or Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) - 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 Pentium N4200 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N4200 was released in Q3/2016. The Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 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 (AMD Custom APU 0405) was released in Q4/2021.

Intel Pentium (150)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (85)
Intel Pentium J4000/N4000 (2)	CPU group	AMD Aerith (Steam Deck) (1)
8	Generation	3
Apollo Lake	Architecture	Aerith (Zen 2)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Pentium N4200 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.10 GHz (2.50 GHz). The Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz).
Intel Pentium N4200	Characteristic	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
4	Cores	4
4	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.10 GHz	Frequency	2.40 GHz
2.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.50 GHz
2.50 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 Pentium N4200	Characteristic	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel HD Graphics 505	GPU	AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
0.20 GHz	GPU frequency	1.00 GHz
0.75 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.60 GHz
9	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology	7 nm
3	Max. displays	2
18	Compute units	8
144	Shader	512
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
12	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.
Intel HD Graphics 505	GPU	AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Pentium N4200 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
Intel Pentium N4200	Characteristic	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2400, DDR3-1866	Memory	LPDDR5-5500
8 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	88.0 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	2.00 MB
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	3.0
6	PCIe lanes	8
3.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	7.9 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium N4200 has a TDP of 6 W, that of the Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) is 15 W.
Intel Pentium N4200	Characteristic	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
6 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
4 W	TDP down	4 W
105 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Intel Pentium N4200 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) cache has a total of 6.00 MB.
Intel Pentium N4200	Characteristic	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
14 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1296	Socket	FF3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	SteamOS (Arch Linux)
Q3/2016	Release date	Q4/2021
56 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium N4200 (31%)

Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium N4200 (24%)

Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	326 (38%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	849 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1164 (32%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	3592 (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 Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	290 (23%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1278 (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 Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	682 (16%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	4365 (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 Pentium N4200 Intel HD Graphics 505 @ 0.75 GHz	216 (13%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) @ 1.60 GHz	1638 (100%)

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 Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 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 Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 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 Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 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 Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	4359 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	113 (100%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	371 (100%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2148 (100%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 1.10 GHz	624 (100%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	50 (100%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	182 (100%)
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Pentium N4200	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
Unknown	Valve Steam Deck

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