i.MX8 - IMX6vsIMX8

i.MX8
Introduction
SoC Overview Carrier Boards i.MX6 vs i.MX8
iMX8M Evaluation Kit (EVK)
Overview Getting Started Selecting Boot Mode System Setup Software Support Android_SD_Partitions_RidgeRun_Script Loading pre-built images Yocto Support Building Yocto Installing an Image Alternative image loading Android Support Building Android Installing an Image System Recovery
Nitrogen8M
Overview Getting Started Selecting Boot Mode System Setup Software Support Loading pre-built images Yocto Support Building Yocto Installing an Image Alternative image loading Customizing Boot Sequence Android Support Building Android Installing an image System Recovery
Multimedia
GPU OpenGL OpenCL OpenVX OpenVG Vulkan VPU Encoding System Decoding System ISP Support V4L2 Drivers Porting Guide GStreamer Support Package Installation Pipeline Examples Hardware-accelerated plugins RidgeRun Products GstRtspSink GstWebRTC GstPTZR GstQtOverlay
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Features	i.MX6 Quad / i.MX6 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
Maximum CPU Frequency	1.2 GHz	1.5 GHz
I-Cache/D-Cache	32 KB/32 KB L1, 1 MB L2	Arm Cortex-A53: 32 KB L1 Instruction Cache 32 KB L1 Data Cache Support L1 cache RAMs protection with parity/ECC 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 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	HDMI Display Interface: HDMI 2.0a (1 display): resolution up to 4096x2160 @ 60 Hz, support HDCP 2.2 and HDCP 1.41 20+ Audio interfaces 32-bit @ 384 kHz fs 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, resolution up to 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz LCDIF display controller Output can be LCDIF output or DC display controller output Audio: 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 Camera inputs: Two MIPI-CSI2 camera inputs (4-lane each)
Hardware Video Acceleration	HD (1080 + 720)p30 video decode HD 1080p30 video encode	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
Hardware 2D/3D Graphics Acceleration	HDMI + PHY, 2 x parallel, 2 x LVDS, MIPI DSI	1.5 GHz