Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) vs Intel Core i5-4250U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-4250U
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Intel Core i5-4250U

CPU comparison

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) or Intel Core i5-4250U - 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 Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) was released in 06/2019.

The Intel Core i5-4250U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-4250U was released in Q3/2013.
Broadcom BCM (3) Family Intel Core i5 (328)
Broadcom BCM2711 (1) CPU group Intel Core i 4000U (26)
4 Generation 4
Cortex-A72 Architecture Haswell U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (Broadcom BCM2837B0) Predecessor --
Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Successor Intel Core i5-5250U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) is 1.50 GHz while the Intel Core i5-4250U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-4250U is at 1.30 GHz (2.60 GHz).

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Characteristic Intel Core i5-4250U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 1.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.60 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 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Characteristic Intel Core i5-4250U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) or Intel Core i5-4250U 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.

Broadcom VideoCore VI GPU Intel HD Graphics 5000
0.50 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
6 GPU Generation 7.5
28 nm Technology 22 nm
2 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 40
64 Shader 320
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.1

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 VI GPU Intel HD Graphics 5000
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) can use up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-4250U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Characteristic Intel Core i5-4250U
LPDDR4-3200 Memory DDR3-1600
8 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 3.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) is 7.5 W, while the Intel Core i5-4250U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Characteristic Intel Core i5-4250U
7.5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
3 W TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) is manufactured in 28 nm and has 1.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-4250U is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Characteristic Intel Core i5-4250U
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket BGA 1168
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 11 (ARM), Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
06/2019 Release date Q3/2013
35 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

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.
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
202 (37%)
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
545 (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.
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
601 (51%)
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1185 (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.
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Broadcom VideoCore VI @ 0.50 GHz
32 (5%)
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
Intel HD Graphics 5000 @ 1.00 GHz
640 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
767 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1455 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
2170 (100%)

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 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
99 (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 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
230 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Intel Core i5-4250U
Raspberry Pi 4 B Unknown

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