Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) vs Intel Atom N2800. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Broadcom BCM2837B0 Intel Atom N2000
• Family
  Broadcom BCM Intel Atom
• Generation
  3 1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server 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
  1.4 GHz 1.86 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (2 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.

• DirectX Version
  - 10.1
• Execution units
  2 4
• Generation
  5 -
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  Broadcom VideoCore 5 Intel GMA 3600
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB -
• Release date
  02/2016 Q4/2008
• Shader
  24 32
• Technology
  40 nm 65 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom N2800 and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  1024 GB -
• Memory channels
  1 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR2 DDR3-1066

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and Intel Atom N2800 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)
  7 W 6.5 W
• TDP down
  4 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and Intel Atom N2800, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A15 Cedarview
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE3
• L2-Cache
  0.5 MB -
• L3-Cache
  - 1 MB
• Release date
  02/2016 Q4/2011
• Socket
  - BGA 559
• Technology
  40 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  None None