Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Broadcom BCM2711 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
• Family
  Broadcom BCM Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  4 8
• 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-A72 1x Kryo 680 Prime
• B-Core
  - 3x Kryo 680 Gold
• Base Frequency
  1.5 GHz 1.8 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Kryo 680 Silver
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.84 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.4 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
  - 12.1
• Execution units
  4 0
• Generation
  6 6
• GPU Frequency
  500 MHz 840 MHz
• GPU name
  Broadcom VideoCore VI Qualcomm Adreno 660
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  06/2019 Q1/2021
• Shader
  64 0
• Technology
  28 nm 5 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 Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8192 GB -
• Memory channels
  1 4
• Memory type
  - LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-3200

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 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)
  7.5 W -
• TDP down
  3 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A72 Kryo 680
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB 1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 8.00 MB
• Release date
  06/2019 Q1/2021
• Technology
  28 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  None None