AMD A10-4657M vs Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0). Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A10-4000M Broadcom BCM2837B0
• Family
  AMD A Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  2 3
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A53
• Base Frequency
  2.3 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.2 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.2 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.2 -
• Execution units
  6 2
• Generation
  4 5
• GPU Frequency
  500 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 7660G Broadcom VideoCore 5
• GPU Turbo
  690 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 1 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2012 02/2016
• Shader
  384 24
• Technology
  32 nm 40 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and AMD A10-4657M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 1024 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 LPDDR2

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-4657M and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 7 W
• TDP down
  - 4 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-4657M and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Trinity (Piledriver) Cortex-A15
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 -
• L2-Cache
  - 0.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB -
• Release date
  Q1/2013 02/2016
• Technology
  32 nm 40 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V None