Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) vs MediaTek Helio G80. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Broadcom BCM2837B0 MediaTek Helio G70/G80
• Family
  Broadcom BCM Mediatek Helio
• Generation
  3 1
• 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 2x Cortex-A75
• B-Core
  - 6x Cortex-A55
• Base Frequency
  1.4 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 1.8 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
  - 12
• Execution units
  2 2
• Generation
  5 Bifrost 2
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 950 MHz
• GPU name
  Broadcom VideoCore 5 ARM Mali-G52 MP2
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB -
• Release date
  02/2016 Q3/2020
• Shader
  24 32
• Technology
  40 nm 16 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 / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio G80 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 8 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR2 LPDDR4X-1800

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and MediaTek Helio G80 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 -
• TDP down
  4 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and MediaTek Helio G80, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A15 Cortex-A75 / Cortex-A55
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  0.5 MB -
• Part Number
  - MT6769T
• Release date
  02/2016 Q2/2020
• Technology
  40 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  None None