Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) vs Intel Core i3-N305. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Broadcom BCM Intel Core i3
• Generation
  4 13
• CPU group
  Broadcom BCM2711 Intel Core i N300

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
  1.50 GHz 1.80 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  Broadcom VideoCore VI Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.30 GHz
• Execution units
  4 32
• Shader
  64 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  6 11
• Technology
  28 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  06/2019 Q4/2021

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-N305 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600
• Max. Memory
  8192 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  1 2 (Dual Channel)

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Intel Core i3-N305 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  7.5 W 15 W
• TDP down
  3 W --
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A72 Alder Lake N
• Technology
  28 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  N/A BGA
• Release date
  06/2019 Q4/2022