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Intel Atom C2538 vs Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 41 %
Intel Atom C2538
Rank 1 - 100 %
Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 51 %
Intel Atom C2538
Rank 1 - 100 %
Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Atom C2538
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
236
Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
574
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Atom C2538
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
827
Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
1,635

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Atom C2538Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
FamilyIntel Atom (108)Broadcom BCM (3)
CPU groupIntel Atom C2000 (7)Broadcom BCM2712 (1)
ArchitectureAvotonCortex-A76
Technology22 nm16 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketBGA 1283
PredecessorRaspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Atom C2538Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x Cortex-A76
Frequency: 2.40 GHz 1.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.40 GHz
L2-Cache2.00 MB2.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Atom C2538Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
GPU nameno iGPUBroadcom VideoCore VII
GPU frequency0.80 GHz
CUs / Shader / 8 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology16 nm
Release dateQ3/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Atom C2538Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
AI hardwareHailo-8L
AI specificationsExpansion: AI-Kit Hailo-8L @ 13 TOPS (2.3 watts)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Intel Atom C2538Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
MemoryDDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB8 GB
Memory channels21
ECCYesNo
PCIe2.0 x 162.0 x 4
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Atom C2538Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
TDP15 W12 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.88 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Atom C2538Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 11 (ARM), Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ3/2013Q3/2023
Release price104 $79 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Atom C2538
Intel Atom C2538
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
4C / 4T · 1.00 - 2.40 GHz

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