Intel Core i3-6100T vs Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  6 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000 Broadcom BCM2711
• Successor
  Intel Core i3-7100T --

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
  3.20 GHz 1.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  -- 4x Cortex-A72

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
  Intel HD Graphics 530 Broadcom VideoCore VI
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.95 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 4
• Shader
  192 64
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  9 6
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015 06/2019

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Intel Core i3-6100T. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600DDR4-2133
• Max. Memory
  8192 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-6100T and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 7.5 W
• TDP down
  -- 3 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-6100T and Intel Core i3-6100T, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  -- 1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Skylake S Cortex-A72
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1151 N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2015 06/2019