Smart TV Raiders: Who is stronger? Rockchip RK3368 and RK3288 contrast

Remember Rockchip RK3288 chip? In the past year, the entire network set-top box market has created a large number of boxes using this chip, such as the Tempest D8+, Youku box, and so on, so that Ruixin Micro has acquired the proud capital. This year, Rockchip continues to roll out the world's first 64-bit processor, the RK3368, so who has better performance than Rockchip RK3288? Let us comment below.

RK3288

Rockchip RK3288 chip uses a quad-core 32-bit ARM Coretex-A17 core architecture, 28nm process design, operating frequency of 1.8GHz; CPU ARM Mali-T764 GPU, support TE, ASTC, AFBC memory compression technology; video capabilities On the other hand, it supports 4K×2K video, H.264/H.265 hard decoding, and HDMI 2.0@60Hz output. The system platform is mostly Android 4.X.


RK3368

Rockchip RK3368 uses eight-core 64-bit ARM Coretex-A53 core architecture, 28nm process design, running at 1.5GHz; GPU is PowerVR G6110, supports OPENGL ES 3.1; RK3368 super video capabilities, supports 4K×2K video, H .264/H.265 hard decoding and HDMI 2.0@60Hz output; system platform is Android 5.1 Lollipop; supports Security OS and mainstream DRM and HDCP2.2 security standards.

CPU performance PK

From the perspective of the number of CPU cores alone, the performance of the RK3388 seems to far exceed RK3288. Is this actually the case? According to the author's survey, in the minds of most users, the performance rankings of ARM A-series chips are as follows: a57> a15> a17> a12> a53> a9> a7 (interested friends can read the official website of ARM).

In addition, RK3288's main frequency is 1.8GHZ, and RK3368 only 1.5GHZ, then in terms of CPU performance, RK3368 and RK3288 who is higher? We compare Youku box K1 (RK3288 chip, 1GB+8GB) and Haimeidi H7 three generations (RK3368 chip, 1GB+8GB).


Hoi Mei Di Mango Q H7 three generations of security Bunny Run points (photo source shafa)


Youku box K1 security Bunny Run points (Photo source Pacific Internet)

From the above comparison picture, Rockchip RK3368 performance is not higher than RK3288.

GPU performance PK

The ARM Mali-T760 series GPUs used in the RK3288, which are the highest order graphics processors in the ARM family, support the OpenGL ES 3.0 graphics standard, and have 4 shader cores. It is therefore also known as the Mali-T764 or Mali-T760MP4.
The RK3368's actual GPU is the PowerVR G6110, not the Mali-600 series, giving users some disappointment. The G6230 is only half the performance of the T764. It does not seem that the user expects such a high performance. But even so RK3368's ability to handle the image quality is also good.




Now think about it, the world's first 64-bit box - Haimeidi H7 three generations of 349 yuan price (just 50 yuan than Youku box K1) is not high, but also for granted. However, the Haimeidi H7 trigeneration is only the first attempt of the RK3368 chip, and its specific performance is not inferior to the RK3288, but it needs further investigation.