Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) vs AMD A8-5545M. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Broadcom BCM2837B0 AMD A8-5000M
• Family
  Broadcom BCM AMD A
• Generation
  3 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

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

• A-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 -
• Base Frequency
  1.4 GHz 1.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo 2.7 GHz

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
• Execution units
  2 6
• Generation
  5 5
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 450 MHz
• GPU name
  Broadcom VideoCore 5 AMD Radeon HD 8510G
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 550 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  02/2016 Q2/2013
• Shader
  24 384
• Technology
  40 nm 32 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 | Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A8-5545M and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  1024 GB -
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR2 DDR3-1333

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and AMD A8-5545M 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)
  7 W 19 W
• TDP down
  4 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and AMD A8-5545M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A15 Richland (Piledriver)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  0.5 MB -
• L3-Cache
  - 4 MB
• Release date
  02/2016 Q2/2013
• Socket
  - FP2
• Technology
  40 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V