Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q vs Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q CPU1 vs CPU2 Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q or Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q has 64 cores with 128 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 4096 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q was released in Q4/2023.

The Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) was released in 06/2019.
Intel Xeon Platinum (89) Family Broadcom BCM (3)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8500 (12) CPU group Broadcom BCM2711 (1)
5 Generation 4
Emerald Rapids Architecture Cortex-A72
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0)
-- Successor Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q has 64 CPU cores and can calculate 128 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q is 2.20 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) is at 1.50 GHz.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q Characteristic Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
64 Cores 4
128 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.20 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q Characteristic Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q or Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Broadcom VideoCore VI
GPU frequency 0.50 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 6
Technology 28 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 4
-- Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Broadcom VideoCore VI
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q can use up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 358.4 GB/s. The Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q Characteristic Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
DDR5-5600 Memory LPDDR4-3200
4096 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
358.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
320.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version --
80 PCIe lanes --
315.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q is 385 W, while the Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) has a TDP of 7.5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q Characteristic Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
385 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 7.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 3 W
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q is manufactured in 10 nm and has 320.00 MB cache. The Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q Characteristic Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
10 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
AMX, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
LGA 4677 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows, Linux Operating systems Windows 11 (ARM), Linux
Q4/2023 Release date 06/2019
12400 $ Release price 35 $
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q
64C 128T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
202 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q
64C 128T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
601 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Broadcom VideoCore VI @ 0.50 GHz
32 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Platinum 8593Q Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Unknown Raspberry Pi 4 B

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