Intel Core i7-6700 vs Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000 Broadcom BCM2711
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  6 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-7700 -

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
• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 1.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.7 GHz 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
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 4
• Generation
  9 6
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 500 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 530 Broadcom VideoCore VI
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 06/2019
• Shader
  192 64
• Technology
  14 nm 28 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)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Intel Core i7-6700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 8192 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6700 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)
  65 W 7.5 W
• TDP down
  - 3 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-6700 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake S Cortex-A72
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 -
• L2-Cache
  - 1 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB -
• Release date
  Q3/2015 06/2019
• Socket
  LGA 1151 -
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None