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== BCM2836
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The Broadcom chip used in the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. The underlying architecture in BCM2836 is identical to BCM2835. The only significant difference is the removal of the ARM1176JZF-S processor and replacement with a quad-core Cortex-A7 cluster.
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The Broadcom chip used in early models of Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. The underlying architecture in BCM2836 is identical to BCM2835. The only significant difference is the removal of the ARM1176JZF-S processor and replacement with a quad-core Cortex-A7 cluster.
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You should refer to:
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* https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/bcm2836/bcm2836-peripherals.pdf[BCM2836 ARM-local peripherals]
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* https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0464/f/[Cortex-A7 MPcore Processor Reference Manual]
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IMPORTANT: This SoC is discontinued. Raspberry Pi devices that include this chip reached End-of-Life on 16 October 2025. For more information, see https://pip.raspberrypi.com/documents/RP-009284-PC-2?disposition=inline[Raspberry Pi 2 Model B revisions 1.1 and 1.2 Obsolescence Notice 1].
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IMPORTANT: This SoC is discontinued. Later Raspberry Pi 2 Model B revisions use a different SoC. For more information, see https://pip.raspberrypi.com/documents/RP-004577-PC-1?disposition=inline[Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Product Change Note].

documentation/asciidoc/computers/processors/bcm2837.adoc

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== BCM2837
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This is the Broadcom chip used in Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, some models of Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3, and Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 Lite. The underlying architecture of the BCM2837 is identical to the BCM2836. The only significant difference is the replacement of the Armv7 quad core cluster with a quad-core Arm Cortex A53 (Armv8) cluster.
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This is the Broadcom chip used in some models of Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, some models of Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, and some models of Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3. The underlying architecture of the BCM2837 is identical to the BCM2836. The only significant difference is the replacement of the Armv7 quad core cluster with a quad-core Arm Cortex A53 (Armv8) cluster.
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The Arm cores run at 1.2GHz, making the device about 50% faster than the Raspberry Pi 2. The VideoCore IV runs at 400MHz.
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documentation/asciidoc/computers/processors/bcm2837b0.adoc

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== BCM2837B0
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This is the Broadcom chip used in the later models of the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, Raspberry Pi 3 Models A+, B+, and the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+. The underlying architecture of the BCM2837B0 is identical to the BCM2837 chip used in other versions of the Raspberry Pi. The Arm core hardware is the same, only the frequency is rated higher.
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This is the Broadcom chip used in later models of Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, later models of Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, Raspberry Pi 3 Models A+, B+, and Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+. The underlying architecture of the BCM2837B0 is identical to the BCM2837 chip used in other versions of the Raspberry Pi. The Arm core hardware is the same, only the frequency is rated higher.
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The Arm cores are capable of running at up to 1.4GHz, making the 3B+/3A+ about 17% faster than the original Raspberry Pi 3. The VideoCore IV runs at 400MHz. The Arm core is 64-bit, while the VideoCore IV is 32-bit.
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