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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) vs Intel Core i3-540

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 42 %
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-540
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 53 %
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-540
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C / 4T · 1.50 GHz
202
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
478
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C / 4T · 1.50 GHz
601
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
1,141
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Broadcom VideoCore VI
32
Intel Core i3-540
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35

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At a glance

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Intel Core i3-540
FamilyBroadcom BCM (3)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupBroadcom BCM2711 (1)Intel Core i3 500 (4)
ArchitectureCortex-A72Clarkdale
Technology28 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1156
PredecessorRaspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0)
SuccessorRaspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Intel Core i3-540
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Cortex-A72 2x
Frequency: 1.50 GHz 3.06 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Intel Core i3-540
GPU nameBroadcom VideoCore VIIntel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.50 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 6412 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology28 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2019Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Intel Core i3-540
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Intel Core i3-540
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB16 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoYes
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Intel Core i3-540
TDP7.5 W73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down3 W
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Intel Core i3-540
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 11 (ARM), LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date06/2019Q1/2010
Release price35 $117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C / 4T · 1.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
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