blog dds: 2020-11-02 — Raspberry Pi 400 vs ZX Spectrum
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The release of the Raspberry Pi 400 personal computer reminded me of a wildly popular home computer that was launched in a similar computer-in-a-keyboard format almost 40 years ago: the Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum. I decided to compare the two, following the steps of an earlier comparison I performed between the 2015 Rapsberry Pi Zero and the 1957 Elliott 405.
Comparison table
ZX Spectrum Raspberry Pi 400 Launch year 1982 2020 Price £125 £ 94
Processor Z80A BCM2711 Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) CPU register width 8 bit 64 bit Clock frequency 3.5MHz 1.8GHz Number of cores 1 4 Main memory 16 kB 4GB Networking None Gigabit Ethernet & WiFi Secondary storage Audio cassette tapes 16GB microSD card
(not included) (included) Video output TV RF modulator Two micro HDMI ports Video resolution 256×192 3840×2160 Output colors 16 16 million Graphics support PLOT, DRAW OpenGL ES 3.0 Video support None H.265 (decode); H.264 (decode, encode) Keyboard 40 keys 78 keys Board chips 11 VLSI, 7 SSI 7 VLSI, 3 MSI Dimensions 233×144×30 mm 286 × 122 × 23 mm
Summing up
The remarkable hardware improvements apparent in the comparison of the two products, combined with the rise of open source software, allow the Raspberry Pi 400 to come with an industrial-strength operating system offering internet connectivity and free access to around fifty thousand software packages. The Raspberry Pi 400 showcases the amazing progress personal computing technology has made over the past 40 years.
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