Intel Core i7-3610QM 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
  Intel Core i7 Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  3 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M 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
  2.30 GHz 1.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.30 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.00 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• 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
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 Broadcom VideoCore VI
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz 0.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  16 4
• Shader
  128 64
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  7 6
• DirectX Version
  11.0
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011 06/2019

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Intel Core i7-3610QM. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 8192 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-3610QM 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)
  45 W 7.5 W
• TDP down
  -- 3 W
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-3610QM and Intel Core i7-3610QM, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  -- 1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H Cortex-A72
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  PGA 988 N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2012 06/2019