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.

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

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.30 GHz 1.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.20 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.20 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  -- 4x Cortex-A53

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

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 7660G Broadcom VideoCore 5
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.69 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  6 2
• Shader
  384 24
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 1 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  4 5
• DirectX Version
  11.2
• Technology
  32 nm 40 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2012 02/2016

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

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.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-4657M and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 7 W
• TDP down
  -- 4 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-4657M and AMD A10-4657M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

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