Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) vs Samsung S5L8900
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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| Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Samsung S5L8900 | |
CPU comparisonIn this CPU comparison, we compare the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) and the Samsung S5L8900 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.
We compare the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) 4 core processor released in Q4/2023 with the Samsung S5L8900 which has 1 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2007. |
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| AMD Ryzen 5 (86) | Family | Samsung S5L (3) |
| AMD Sephiroth (Steam Deck Refresh 2023) (1) | CPU group | Samsung S5L8900 (1) |
| 4 | Generation | 1 |
| Sephiroth (Zen 2) | Architecture | ARM 1176 |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz). The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Samsung S5L8900 clocks with 0.40 GHz, has 1 CPU cores and can calculate 1 threads in parallel. |
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| Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Characteristic | Samsung S5L8900 |
| 4 | Cores | 1 |
| 8 | Threads | 1 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.40 GHz | Frequency | 0.40 GHz |
| 3.50 GHz | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | -- |
| 2.80 GHz | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback. |
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| AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) | GPU | PowerVR MBX Lite |
| 1.00 GHz | GPU frequency | -- |
| 1.60 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| -- | GPU Generation | -- |
| 7 nm | Technology | 130nm |
| 2 | Max. displays | 1 |
| 8 | Compute units | 1 |
| 512 | Shader | 1 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 8 GB | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| 12 | DirectX Version | -- |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) | GPU | PowerVR MBX Lite |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | No |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | No |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeUp to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 4 memory channels is supported by the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh), while the Samsung S5L8900 supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of -- enabled. |
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| Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Characteristic | Samsung S5L8900 |
| LPDDR5-6400 | Memory | |
| 16 GB | Max. Memory | |
| 4 (Quad Channel) | Memory channels | 0 |
| 102.4 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | -- |
| No | ECC | No |
| 2.00 MB | L2 Cache | -- |
| 4.00 MB | L3 Cache | -- |
| 3.0 | PCIe version | -- |
| 8 | PCIe lanes | -- |
| 7.9 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP of the Samsung S5L8900 is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution. |
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| Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Characteristic | Samsung S5L8900 |
| 15 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | -- |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| 4 W | TDP down | -- |
| 100 °C | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has 6.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 6 nm. The cache of Samsung S5L8900 is at 0.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 90 nm. |
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| Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Characteristic | Samsung S5L8900 |
| 6 nm | Technology | 90 nm |
| Monolithic | Chip design | Unknown |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | ISA extensions | -- |
| FF3 | Socket | -- |
| AMD-V, SVM | Virtualization | None |
| Yes | AES-NI | No |
| SteamOS (Arch Linux) | Operating systems | Android |
| Q4/2023 | Release date | Q1/2007 |
| -- | 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.
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Samsung S5L8900
1C 1T @ 0.40 GHz |
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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.
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Samsung S5L8900
1C 1T @ 0.40 GHz |
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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.
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Samsung S5L8900
1C 1T @ 0.40 GHz |
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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.
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Samsung S5L8900
1C 1T @ 0.40 GHz |
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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.
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Samsung S5L8900
1C 1T @ 0.40 GHz |
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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.
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Samsung S5L8900
1C 1T @ 0.40 GHz |
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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.
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) @ 1.60 GHz |
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Samsung S5L8900
PowerVR MBX Lite @ 0.00 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Samsung S5L8900 |
| Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Unknown |
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