Intel Pentium G3240T vs Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium G3000 Broadcom BCM2711
• Family
  Intel Pentium Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  5 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.

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

• DirectX Version
  11.1 -
• Execution units
  10 4
• Generation
  7.5 6
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 500 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) Broadcom VideoCore VI
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2012 06/2019
• Shader
  80 64
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Intel Pentium G3240T. 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
  DDR3-1333 -
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium G3240T 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)
  35 W 7.5 W
• TDP down
  - 3 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium G3240T and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell S Cortex-A72
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 -
• L2-Cache
  - 1 MB
• L3-Cache
  3 MB -
• Release date
  Q2/2014 06/2019
• Socket
  LGA 1150 -
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None