Intel Processor N100 vs Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 Broadcom BCM2837B0
• Family
  Intel Processor N Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  13 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.

• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x Gracemont -
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.2 GHz No turbo
• 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.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 2
• Generation
  12 5
• GPU Frequency
  750 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) Broadcom VideoCore 5
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 1 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2023 02/2016
• Shader
  192 24
• Technology
  10 nm 40 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and Intel Processor N100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 1024 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  38.4 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 1
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800 LPDDR2
• PCIe
  3.0 x 9 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Processor N100 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.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  6 W -
• TDP down
  - 4 W
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 7 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Processor N100 and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake N Cortex-A15
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 -
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 0.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q1/2023 02/2016
• Release price
  128 $ -
• Socket
  BGA -
• Technology
  10 nm 40 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None