Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) and the Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) 4 core processor released in 02/2016 with the Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M which has 28 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2017.
Broadcom BCM (3) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
Broadcom BCM2837B0 (1) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (16)
3 Generation 1
Cortex-A15 Architecture Skylake
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz. The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M clocks with 2.10 GHz (3.80 GHz), has 28 CPU cores and can calculate 56 threads in parallel.

Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
4 Cores 28
4 Threads 56
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
1.40 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.50 GHz

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.

Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Broadcom VideoCore 5 GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
40 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
24 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
1 GB Max. GPU Memory --
-- 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.

Broadcom VideoCore 5 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 1 GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0), while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M supports a maximum of 1536 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 128.1 GB/s enabled.

Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
Memory DDR4-2666
1 GB Max. Memory 1536 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
3.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
0.50 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 39.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) has a TDP of 7 W. The TDP of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M is 165 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
7 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 165 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
4 W TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) has 0.50 MB cache and is manufactured in 40 nm. The cache of Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M is at 39.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
40 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
02/2016 Release date Q3/2017
35 $ Release price 11700 $
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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.
Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0)
Broadcom VideoCore 5 @ 0.40 GHz
20 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0)
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz
165 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0)
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
28C 56T @ 2.50 GHz
3873 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Unknown

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