Intel Core i7-3632QM vs Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M Broadcom BCM2837B0
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  3 3
• 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 Cortex-A53
• Base Frequency
  2.2 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.2 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo 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.

• DirectX Version
  11.0 -
• Execution units
  16 2
• Generation
  7 5
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 Broadcom VideoCore 5
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 1 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 02/2016
• Shader
  128 24
• Technology
  22 nm 40 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and Intel Core i7-3632QM. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 1024 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM LPDDR2
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-3632QM and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 7 W
• TDP down
  - 4 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-3632QM and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H Cortex-A15
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX -
• L2-Cache
  - 0.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB -
• Release date
  Q3/2012 02/2016
• Socket
  BGA 1224 -
• Technology
  22 nm 40 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None