Apple M1 vs Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M1 Broadcom BCM2711
• Family
  Apple M series Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  1 4
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• A-Core
  4x Firestorm 4x Cortex-A72
• B-Core
  4x Icestorm -
• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 1.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• Execution units
  128 4
• Generation
  1 6
• GPU Frequency
  3200 MHz 500 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M1 (8 Core) Broadcom VideoCore VI
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2020 06/2019
• Shader
  0 64
• Technology
  5 nm 28 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 8192 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) 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)
  15 W 7.5 W
• TDP down
  10 W 3 W
• TDP up
  20 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 Cortex-A72
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation -
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB 1.00 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2020 06/2019
• Technology
  5 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  None None