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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) vs Nintendo Switch

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)
Broadcom VideoCore VI
32
Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
393

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At a glance

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Nintendo Switch
FamilyBroadcom BCM (3)NVIDIA Tegra (2)
CPU groupBroadcom BCM2711 (1)NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)
ArchitectureCortex-A72Cortex-A57/-A53
Technology28 nm20 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
Socket
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)Nintendo Switch
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 48 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A72
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB2.50 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Nintendo Switch
GPU nameBroadcom VideoCore VINVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
GPU frequency0.50 GHz0.30 - 0.77 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 642 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays21
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology28 nm20 nm
Release dateQ2/2019Q1/2017

NPU AI performance

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Nintendo Switch
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Nintendo Switch
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB4 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Nintendo Switch
TDP7.5 W5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down3 W5 W
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711)Nintendo Switch
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 11 (ARM), Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release date06/2019Q1/2017
Release price35 $
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
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 - 1.75 GHz

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