Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Broadcom BCM HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  3 9
• CPU group
  Broadcom BCM2837B0 HiSilicon Kirin 9000

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
  1.40 GHz 2.05 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.13 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A core
  4x Cortex-A53 1x Cortex-A77
• B core
  -- 3x Cortex-A77
• C core
  -- 4x Cortex-A55

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
  Broadcom VideoCore 5 ARM Mali-G78 MP24
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.76 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  2 24
• Shader
  24 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  5 Vallhall 2
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  40 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  02/2016 Q4/2020

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR2 LPDDR4X-2133LPDDR5-2750
• Max. Memory
  1024 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 4

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and HiSilicon Kirin 9000 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  7 W
• TDP down
  4 W --

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L2-Cache
  0.50 MB --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A15 Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  40 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  02/2016 Q4/2020