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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) vs Apple M2
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 4T · 1.50 GHz
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 4T · 1.50 GHz
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Broadcom VideoCore VI
Apple M2
100 %
Apple M2 (10 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Broadcom BCM (3) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Broadcom BCM2711 (1) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A72 | M2 |
| Technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) | Apple M1 |
| Successor | Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) | Apple M3 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A72 1.50 GHz |
4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Broadcom VideoCore VI | Apple M2 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.50 GHz | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 4 / 64 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2019 | Q2/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (12.8 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 7.5 W | 20 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 3 W | 10 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 11 (ARM), Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | 06/2019 | Q2/2022 |
| Release price | 35 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.
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4
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Apple M2
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C / 4T · 0.00 GHz
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