Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) vs AMD EPYC 9274F

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 9274F
Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) AMD EPYC 9274F

CPU comparison

Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) or AMD EPYC 9274F - 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 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) was released in Q3/2023.

The AMD EPYC 9274F has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9274F was released in Q4/2022.
Broadcom BCM (3) Family AMD EPYC (129)
Broadcom BCM2712 (1) CPU group AMD EPYC 9004 (21)
5 Generation 4
Cortex-A76 Architecture Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD EPYC 9275F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) is 1.00 GHz (2.40 GHz) while the AMD EPYC 9274F has 24 CPU cores and 48 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9274F is at 4.05 GHz (4.30 GHz).

Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Characteristic AMD EPYC 9274F
4 Cores 24
4 Threads 48
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
1.00 GHz Frequency 4.05 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.30 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.10 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Characteristic AMD EPYC 9274F
Hailo-8L AI hardware --
Expansion: AI-Kit Hailo-8L @ 13 TOPS (2.3 watts) AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) or AMD EPYC 9274F 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 VII GPU no iGPU
0.80 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
16 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
8 Compute units --
128 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 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 VII GPU no iGPU
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode 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

The Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) can use up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 17.1 GB/s. The AMD EPYC 9274F supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 460.8 GB/s.

Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Characteristic AMD EPYC 9274F
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR5-4800
8 GB Max. Memory 6144 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 12
17.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
2.00 MB L2 Cache 24.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache 256.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 5.0
4 PCIe lanes 128
2.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 504.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) is 12 W, while the AMD EPYC 9274F has a TDP of 320 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Characteristic AMD EPYC 9274F
12 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 320 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 400 W
-- TDP down --
88 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) is manufactured in 16 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 9274F is manufactured in 5 nm and has a 280.00 MB cache.

Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Characteristic AMD EPYC 9274F
16 nm Technology 5 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
-- Socket SP5
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 11 (ARM), Linux Operating systems Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
Q3/2023 Release date Q4/2022
79 $ Release price 3060 $
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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 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
574 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9274F AMD EPYC 9274F
24C 48T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)

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 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1635 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9274F AMD EPYC 9274F
24C 48T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)

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 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
787 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9274F AMD EPYC 9274F
24C 48T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)

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 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1747 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9274F AMD EPYC 9274F
24C 48T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)

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 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
Broadcom VideoCore VII @ 0.80 GHz
120 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9274F AMD EPYC 9274F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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