Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) vs Intel Atom D2550. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Broadcom BCM Intel Atom
• Generation
  4 1
• CPU group
  Broadcom BCM2711 Intel Atom D2000

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
  1.50 GHz 1.86 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  4x Cortex-A72 --

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 VI Intel GMA 3650
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz 0.64 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  4 4
• Shader
  64 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  6
• DirectX Version
  10.1
• Technology
  28 nm 65 nm
• Release date
  06/2019 Q4/2008

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom D2550 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066
• Max. Memory
  8192 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 1

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Intel Atom D2550 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  7.5 W 10 W
• TDP down
  3 W --

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  SSE3
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 1.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A72 Cedarview
• Technology
  28 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  N/A BGA 559
• Release date
  06/2019 Q1/2012