Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 vs Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU1 vs CPU2 Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.45 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 was released in Q2/2013.

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Broadcom BCM (3)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800/801 (2) CPU group Broadcom BCM2711 (1)
2 Generation 4
Krait 400 Architecture Cortex-A72
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0)
-- Successor Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is 2.45 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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Characteristic Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.45 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Characteristic Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon QDSP6 V5 AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 330 GPU Broadcom VideoCore VI
GPU frequency 0.50 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
3 GPU Generation 6
28 nm Technology 28 nm
0 Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 4
32 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 330 GPU Broadcom VideoCore VI
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 14.9 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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Characteristic Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
LPDDR3-1866 Memory LPDDR4-3200
8 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
14.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is --, 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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Characteristic Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 7.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 3 W
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Characteristic Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
28 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Windows 11 (ARM), Linux
Q2/2013 Release date 06/2019
-- Release price 35 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (79%)
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (83%)
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
159 (79%)
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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
501 (83%)
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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
Qualcomm Adreno 330 @ 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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Unknown Raspberry Pi 4 B

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