AMD Opteron X3216 vs Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Opteron X3000 Broadcom BCM2711
• Family
  AMD Opteron Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  - 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  1.6 GHz 1.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  2x -
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3 GHz No turbo
• A-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A72
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 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.

• Execution units
  4 4
• Generation
  - 6
• GPU Frequency
  800 MHz 500 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 256 (Toronto) Broadcom VideoCore VI
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  - 06/2019
• Shader
  256 64
• Technology
  - 28 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and AMD Opteron X3216. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 8192 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR4-1600 -
• PCIe
  3 x 8 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Opteron X3216 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) 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)
  15 W 7.5 W
• TDP down
  12 W 3 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Opteron X3216 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Toronto (Excavator) Cortex-A72
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 -
• L2-Cache
  1 MB 1 MB
• Part Number
  OX3216AAY23KA -
• Release date
  Q2/2015 06/2019
• Socket
  FP4 -
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, AMD-Vt None