Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) vs Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Broadcom BCM2711 Broadcom BCM2837B0
• Family
  Broadcom BCM Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  4 3
• 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-A72 4x Cortex-A53
• Base Frequency
  1.5 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 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.

• Execution units
  4 2
• Generation
  6 5
• GPU Frequency
  500 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  Broadcom VideoCore VI Broadcom VideoCore 5
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 1 GB
• Release date
  06/2019 02/2016
• Shader
  64 24
• Technology
  28 nm 40 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 Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8192 GB 1024 GB
• Memory channels
  1 1
• Memory type
  - LPDDR2

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) 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.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  7.5 W 7 W
• TDP down
  3 W 4 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A72 Cortex-A15
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  1 MB 0.5 MB
• Release date
  06/2019 02/2016
• Technology
  28 nm 40 nm
• Virtualization
  None None