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Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) vs Intel Atom C2538
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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Specifications
At a glance
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Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) | Intel Atom C2538 |
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| Family | Broadcom BCM (3) | Intel Atom (108) |
| CPU group | Broadcom BCM2837B0 (1) | Intel Atom C2000 (7) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A15 | Avoton |
| Technology | 40 nm | 22 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | BGA 1283 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) | Intel Atom C2538 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x Cortex-A53 | 4x |
| Frequency: | 1.40 GHz | 2.40 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 0.50 MB | 2.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) | Intel Atom C2538 |
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| GPU name | Broadcom VideoCore 5 | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 24 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 1 GB | |
| Technology | 40 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2016 |
NPU AI performance
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Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) | Intel Atom C2538 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) | Intel Atom C2538 |
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| Memory | (3.6 GB/s) | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) | Intel Atom C2538 |
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| TDP | 7 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 4 W | |
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) | Intel Atom C2538 |
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| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | |
| Release date | 02/2016 | Q3/2013 |
| Release price | 35 $ | 104 $ |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
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