i.MX8 - IMX6vsIMX8

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This page presents a comparison between the i.MX6 Quad/i.MX6 Dual, i.MX7 Dual and i.MX8 Dual/i.MX8 QuadLite/i.MX8 Quad platforms, which belong to bigger families. For a more detailed information about i.MX6 and i.MX7 comparison, please refer this document. The following table is a summary of the information collected from this Applications Processors Data Sheet and the aforementioned document:

Features i.MX6 Quad / i.MX6 Dual i.MX7 Dual i.MX8M Dual / i.MX8M QuadLite / i.MX8M Quad
CPU
  • (i.MX 6Quad) 4 x Cortex-A9
  • (i.MX 6Dual) 2 x Cortex-A9
  • Arm Cortex-A53 MPCore platform
  • Arm Cortex-M4 core platform
  • 2 x Cortex-A7
  • Cortex-M4
  • Maximum CPU Frequency
  • 1.2 GHz
  • (A7) 1.2 GHz
  • (M4) 200 MHz
  • 1.5 GHz
  • I-Cache/D-Cache 32 KB/32 KB L1, 1 MB L2
  • (A7) 32 KB/32 KB L1, 512 KB L2
  • (M4) 16 KB/16 KB L1
    • Arm Cortex-A53:
      > Quad symmetric Cortex-A53 processors:
      - 32 KB L1 Instruction Cache
      - 32 KB L1 Data Cache
      - Support L1 cache RAMs protection with parity/ECC
      > Support of 64-bit Armv8-A architecture:
      - 1 MB unified L2 cache
      - Support L2 cache RAMs protection with ECC
      - Frequency of 1.5 GHz

    • Arm Cortex-M4:
      - 16 KB L1 Instruction Cache
      - 16 KB L1 Data Cache
      - 256 KB tightly coupled memory (TCM)

    External Memory Interface 2 x 32 LP-DDR2, 1-ch. x 64 DDR3/DDR3L 32/16-bit LP-DDR2, DDR3, DDR3L, and LPDDR3 up to 533 MHz, rawNAND, QuadSPI NOR
  • 32/16-bit DRAM interface: LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1600
  • 8-bit NAND-Flash
  • eMMC 5.0 Flash
  • SPI NOR Flash
  • QuadSPI Flash with support for XIP
  • Display Interface HDMI + PHY 2 x parallel, 2 x LVDS, MIPI DSI 24-bit parallel RGB, MIPI DSI, EPDC
    • HDMI Display Interface:
      - HDMI 2.0a (1 display): up to 4096x2160 @ 60 Hz, support HDCP 2.2 and HDCP 1.4
      - 20+ Audio interfaces 32-bit @ 384 kHz fs with Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) support
      - S/PDIF input and output
      - Audio Return Channel (ARC) on HDMI
      - Upscale HD graphics to 4K for display
      - Downscale 4K video to HD for display
      - Display Port
      - Embedded Display Port
    • MIPI-DSI Display Interface:
      - MIPI-DSI 4 channels supporting one display, up to 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz
      - LCDIF display controller
      - Output can be LCDIF output or DC display controller output
    Hardware Video Acceleration HD (1080 + 720)p30 video decode
    HD 1080p30 video encode
    Software Only
    • Video Processing Unit:
      - 4Kp60 HEVC/H.265 main, and main 10 decoder
      - 4Kp60 VP9 decoder
      - 4Kp30 AVC/H.264 decoder
      - 1080p60 MPEG-2, MPEG-4p2, VC-1, VP8, RV9, AVS, MJPEG, H.263 decoder
  • Software Only encoding support
  • Hardware 2D/3D Graphics Acceleration
  • OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.0
  • OpenCL 1.1 EP
  • OpenVG 1.1, 2DBLT, 4 shaders
  • No, but has a PxP (PiXel processing pipeline for imagine resize, rotation, overlay and color space conversion)
  • OpenGL/ES 3.1
  • Open CL 1.2
  • Vulkan, 4 shaders
  • Camera Sensor Interface (CSI)
  • Parallel CSI, MIPI CSI
  • Parallel CSI, MIPI CSI
  • Two MIPI-CSI2 camera inputs (4-lane each)
  • Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) 5 7 4
    Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)/I2C 5/3 4/4 3/4
    USB Controller
  • 1 x HS USB 2.0 OTG + PHY
  • 1 x HS USB 2.0 Host + PHY
  • 2 x HS USB 2.0 Host (HSIC)
  • 2 x HS USB 2.0 OTG + PHY
  • 1 x HS USB 2.0 Host (HSIC)
  • Two USB controllers and PHYs that support USB 3.0 and USB 2.0.
    Each USB instance contains:
    USB 3.0 core, which can operate in both 3.0 and 2.0 mode
  • Power Management
  • NXP MMPF0100
  • NXP MC32PF3000/MC34PF3000
  • NXP PF8100/8200
  • Digital Audio Interface
  • SSI/I2S x 3, ESAI, S/PDIF, ASRC
  • 3 x SAI
  • S/PDIF input and output
  • Five synchronous audio interface (SAI) modules supporting I2S, AC97, TDM, and codec/DSP interfaces, including one SAI with 16 Tx and 16 Rx channels, one SAI with 8 Tx and 8 Rx channels and three SAI with 2 Tx and 2 Rx channels
  • One SAI for 8 Tx channels for HDMI output audio
  • One S/PDIF input for HDMI ARC input
  • Ethernet
  • 1 Gbit/s + IEEE 1588
  • 2 x Gbit w/AVB + IEEE 1588
  • 1 GB Ethernet (IEEE1588, EEE, and AVB)
  • PCI Express
  • PCIe v2.0
  • PCIe v2.1
  • PCIe v2.0 x2 (1-lane each)
  • Multimedia Card (eMMC)/Secure Digital Controller (SDIO) 4 x eMMC 4.5 / SD 3.0 3 x eMMC 5.0 / SD 3.0 2x eMMC 5.0 / SD 3.0 NAND CTL (BCH62)
    Security
  • Secure Boot, RNG, Tamper Detection, Secure Storage
  • AES-128, DES 3DES, ARC4, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, 16KB Secure RAM
  • Tamper-Resistant RTC, Secure Debug, OTP Space
  • ARM Trust Zone, Secure Boot, RNG, Tamper Detection, Secure Storage
  • AES-128, AES-256, DES, 3DES, ARC4, RSA (up to 4096), ECDSA, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256
  • 32 KB Secure RAM, Tamper-Resistant RTC, Secure Debug, OTP Space
  • Resource Domain Controller (RDC) supports four domains and up to eight regions
  • Arm TrustZone (TZ) architecture
  • On-chip RAM (OCRAM) secure region protection using OCRAM controller
  • High Assurance Boot (HAB)
  • Cryptographic acceleration and assurance (CAAM) module
  • Secure non-volatile storage (SNVS): Secure real-time clock (RTC)
  • Secure JTAG controller (SJC)
  • Timer 3 2 x FlexTimer, 4 x GPT 3
    Real-Time Clock Secure RTC Secure RTC Secure RTC
    Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) 4 4 4
    Package 21 x 21 BGA 0.8 mm pitch
  • 12 x 12 BGA 0.4 mm pitch
  • 19 x 19 BGA 0.75 mm pitch
  • FBGA 17 x 17 mm, 0.65 mm pitch


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