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Historical Gaming Consoles, Space Orbiter / Rover / Probe, Raspberry Pi, CPU / Memory List
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This is a quickly thrown together list of all gaming consoles, devices, and even space probes, including the CPU, architecture, CPU clockspeed, and onboard memory of the device.



🎮 Consoles & Handhelds

Device CPU / Processor Name Architecture Clock Speed RAM
Atari 2600 MOS Technology 6507 6502 (8-bit) ~1.19 MHz 128 bytes
NES Ricoh 2A03 / 2A07 6502 (8-bit) ~1.79 MHz (NTSC) 2 KB RAM
SNES Ricoh 5A22 65C816 (16-bit) ~3.58 MHz 128 KB
Nintendo 64 NEC VR4300 MIPS III (64-bit) 93.75 MHz 4 MB (expandable to 8 MB)
Game Boy Sharp LR35902 Z80-like (8-bit) ~4.19 MHz 8 KB
Game Boy Advance ARM7TDMI ARMv4T (32-bit) 16.78 MHz 32 KB IWRAM + 256 KB WRAM
Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Motorola 68000 + Zilog Z80 68k + Z80 (8/16-bit) 7.67 MHz + 3.58 MHz 64 KB + 8 KB
Sega Game Gear Zilog Z80 Z80 (8-bit) 3.58 MHz 8 KB
PlayStation 1 MIPS R3000A MIPS I (32-bit) 33.8688 MHz 2 MB
PlayStation 2 MIPS R5900 "Emotion Engine" MIPS III + extensions 294 MHz 32 MB RDRAM
PlayStation 3 Cell Broadband Engine PowerPC PPE + 8 SPEs 3.2 GHz 256 MB XDR + 256 MB GDDR3
PlayStation 4 AMD Jaguar (8-core) x86-64 1.6 GHz 8 GB GDDR5
PlayStation 5 AMD Zen 2 (8-core) x86-64 3.5 GHz 16 GB GDDR6
PS Vita ARM Cortex-A9 (quad-core) ARMv7-A (32-bit) ~1 GHz 512 MB
Xbox Intel Pentium III Custom x86 (32-bit) 733 MHz 64 MB DDR
Xbox 360 IBM PowerPC Xenon (3-core) PowerPC 3.2 GHz 512 MB GDDR3
Xbox One AMD Jaguar (8-core) x86-64 1.75 GHz 8 GB DDR3
Xbox Series X/S AMD Zen 2 (8-core) x86-64 ~3.6 GHz 10–16 GB GDDR6
Nintendo GameCube IBM PowerPC Gekko PowerPC 485 MHz 24 MB 1T-SRAM + 16 MB DRAM
Wii IBM PowerPC Broadway PowerPC 729 MHz 88 MB (24+64)
Wii U IBM PowerPC Espresso (3-core) PowerPC 1.24 GHz 2 GB DDR3
Nintendo Switch NVIDIA Tegra X1 ARMv8-A 1.02 GHz (CPU) 4 GB LPDDR4
Steam Deck AMD Zen 2 (4-core APU) x86-64 2.4–3.5 GHz 16 GB LPDDR5


🍏 Apple Silicon & iPhones

Device / SoC CPU Model / Core Architecture Clock Speed (GHz) RAM (Onboard)
iPhone (1st Gen) Samsung S5L8900 (ARM11-based) ARMv6 ~0.412 GHz 128 MB
iPhone 3G / 3GS S5L8900 / S5L8920 ARMv6 / ARMv7 ~0.6 GHz 256 MB
iPhone 4 Apple A4 (Cortex-A8) ARMv7 0.8 GHz 512 MB
iPhone 4S Apple A5 (Dual-core Cortex-A9) ARMv7 0.9 GHz 512 MB
iPhone 5 Apple A6 (Swift) ARMv7s 1.0 GHz 1 GB
iPhone 5S Apple A7 (Cyclone) ARMv8 (64-bit) 1.3 GHz 1 GB
iPhone 6 / 6 Plus Apple A8 (Typhoon) ARMv8 1.4 GHz 1 GB
iPhone 6S / 6S Plus Apple A9 (Twister) ARMv8 1.85 GHz 2 GB
iPhone 7 / 7 Plus Apple A10 Fusion (Hurricane + Zephyr) ARMv8 2.34 GHz 2 GB / 3 GB (Plus)
iPhone 8 / 8 Plus / X Apple A11 Bionic (Monsoon + Mistral) ARMv8 2.39 GHz 2 GB / 3 GB (Plus/X)
iPhone XS / XR Apple A12 Bionic (Vortex + Tempest) ARMv8.3 2.5 GHz 3 GB / 4 GB (XR)
iPhone 11 Apple A13 Bionic (Lightning + Thunder) ARMv8.4 2.66 GHz 4 GB
iPhone 12 Apple A14 Bionic (Firestorm + Icestorm) ARMv8.4 3.1 GHz 4 GB / 6 GB (Pro models)
iPhone 13 Apple A15 Bionic ARMv8.4 ~3.23 GHz 4 GB / 6 GB (Pro)
iPhone 14 A15 (base) / A16 (Pro) ARMv8.6 ~3.23 GHz / ~3.46 GHz 6 GB
iPhone 15 A16 (base) / A17 Pro ARMv8.6 ~3.46 GHz (est.) 6 GB / 8 GB (Pro)
Apple M1 Apple Firestorm + Icestorm cores ARMv8.4 Firestorm 3.2 GHz 8 GB / 16 GB (unified)
Apple M2 Apple Avalanche + Blizzard cores ARMv8.5 Avalanche ~3.49 GHz 8 GB / 24 GB (unified)
Apple M3 Apple cores (updated microarchitecture) ARMv8.6 ~3.5+ GHz (estimated) 8 GB+ (unified)


🖥️ Raspberry Pi Family

Model CPU Model Architecture Clock Speed RAM (Default)
Raspberry Pi 1 Model A/B Broadcom BCM2835 ARM1176JZF-S (ARMv6) 700 MHz 256 MB – 512 MB
Raspberry Pi Zero / Zero W Broadcom BCM2835 ARM1176JZF-S (ARMv6) 1 GHz 512 MB
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B v1.1 Broadcom BCM2836 ARM Cortex-A7 (ARMv7) 900 MHz 1 GB
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B v1.2 Broadcom BCM2837 ARM Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 900 MHz 1 GB
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Broadcom BCM2837 ARM Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 1.2 GHz 1 GB
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Broadcom BCM2837B0 ARM Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 1.4 GHz 1 GB
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Broadcom BCM2711 ARM Cortex-A72 (ARMv8) 1.5 GHz 2 GB / 4 GB / 8 GB LPDDR4
Raspberry Pi 400 Broadcom BCM2711 ARM Cortex-A72 (ARMv8) 1.8 GHz 4 GB LPDDR4
Raspberry Pi 5 Broadcom BCM2712 ARM Cortex-A76 (ARMv8) 2.4 GHz 4 GB / 8 GB LPDDR4X


💻 Miscellaneous Devices

Device CPU Name / Model Architecture
Compaq Deskpro (early) Intel 8086 / 80286 / 80386 x86 (16-bit/32-bit)
Compaq Presario (later) Intel Pentium / AMD K6 x86 (32-bit)
Modern PCs Intel Core / AMD Ryzen x86-64


🌌 Interstellar & Outer Solar System

Mission CPU / Processor Architecture Clock Speed RAM
Pioneer 10 / 11 No CPU (hardwired sequencers) N/A N/A N/A
Voyager 1 / 2 Custom 18-bit redundant computers Custom ~2 MHz (est.) ~4 KB per subsystem
New Horizons Mongoose-V (RAD-hard MIPS R3000) MIPS I (32-bit) 12 MHz 64 MB DRAM + 256 KB EEPROM
Mariner series Relay/transistor sequencers N/A N/A Minimal (ROM & registers)
Magellan IBM RAD6000 PowerPC 601 ~20 MHz 128 MB DRAM
Cassini Orbiter MIL-STD-1750A 16-bit 1.2 MHz ~2 MB
Huygens Lander RCA 1802 8-bit COSMAC 2 MHz ~32 KB RAM
Juno RAD750 PowerPC 750 133 MHz 256 MB DRAM + 3 GB flash
MESSENGER RAD6000 PowerPC 601 ~25 MHz 128 MB DRAM
Mars Odyssey RAD6000 PowerPC 601 ~20 MHz 128 MB DRAM
MAVEN RAD750 PowerPC 750 133 MHz 256 MB DRAM
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter RAD750 PowerPC 750 133 MHz 256 MB DRAM + 2 GB flash
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter RAD750 PowerPC 750 133 MHz 256 MB DRAM
Viking Landers Custom General Electric 18-bit Custom ~1 MHz ~18 KB core memory
Pathfinder + Sojourner RAD6000 PowerPC 601 20 MHz 128 MB DRAM
MER Spirit & Opportunity RAD6000 PowerPC 601 20 MHz 128 MB DRAM
Phoenix RAD6000 PowerPC 601 20 MHz 128 MB DRAM
Curiosity Rover RAD750 PowerPC 750 200 MHz 256 MB DRAM + 2 GB flash
InSight RAD750 PowerPC 750 133 MHz 256 MB DRAM
Perseverance Rover RAD750 + Snapdragon 801 (Ingenuity) PowerPC + ARMv7 200 MHz + 2.26 GHz 256 MB + 2 GB
Ingenuity Helicopter Snapdragon 801 ARMv7 2.26 GHz 2 GB LPDDR3
Surveyor Discrete logic N/A N/A Minimal
Ranger / Lunar Orbiter Discrete logic N/A N/A Minimal
Deep Space 1 RAD6000 PowerPC 601 25 MHz 128 MB DRAM
NEAR Shoemaker RAD6000 PowerPC 601 ~20 MHz 128 MB DRAM
Stardust RAD6000 PowerPC 601 ~20 MHz 128 MB DRAM
OSIRIS-REx RAD750 PowerPC 750 200 MHz 256 MB DRAM
Genesis RAD6000 PowerPC 601 ~20 MHz 128 MB DRAM
Parker Solar Probe RAD750 PowerPC 750 115 MHz 128 MB DRAM
SOHO MA31750 (MIL-STD-1750A) 16-bit 1 MHz ~2 MB
Ulysses RCA 1802 8-bit COSMAC 1.25 MHz ~4 KB
James Webb RAD750 PowerPC 750 132 MHz 256 MB DRAM
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