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Variscite VAR-SOM-MX8 vs. Raspberry Pi Foundation Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+


VAR-SOM-MX8

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+
Manufacturer Variscite Raspberry Pi Foundation
Price $ 134.0 $ 31.0
SoC NXP i.MX 8QuadMax Broadcom BCM2837B0
CPU 2× ARM Cortex-A72 @ 1.8 Ghz
4× ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.2 Ghz
4× ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.2 Ghz
GPU 2x GC7000 (2D/3D) VideoCore IV
Embedded MCU 2 x ARM Cortex-M4F -
RAM 8.0 GiB LPDDR4 1.0 GiB
eMMC 1 × soldered 1 × soldered
USB 1 × host port
1 of which support USB-OTG
1 × host port
1 of which support USB-OTG
Ethernet
1× 1 Gbps
Wi-Fi On-board Wi-Fi without external antenna
2.4Ghz b/g/n
5Ghz a/n/ac
-
Bluetooth onboard -
Camera up to 1 x inputs up to 2 x inputs
Audio 1 × outputs
1 × line-in
1 × mic-in
1 × I2S

2 × I2S
GPIO - 48
PWM - 2
I2C 4 2
SPI 4 2
UART 5 2
Pin header - HAT (Raspberry Pi)
Form factor - Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3
Dimensions 68 mm x 52 mm 68 mm x 31 mm x 4 mm
Temperature -25.0°C - 85.0°C -25.0°C - 80.0°C
Software Linux: True
Android: yes
Linux: True (mainline)