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

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

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

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
  3.20 GHz 1.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A core
  4x Firestorm 4x Cortex-A72
• B core
  4x Icestorm --

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
  Apple M1 (8 Core) Broadcom VideoCore VI
• GPU frequency
  3.20 GHz 0.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  128 4
• Shader
  0 64
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  1 6
• Technology
  5 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2020 06/2019

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

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

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.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 7.5 W
• TDP up
  20 W --
• TDP down
  10 W 3 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 and Apple M1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

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