Main difference between S905W and S905W4: embedded HDR 10 / HLG support in S905W4 Amlogic SoC

Compare SoC's S905W and S905W4:

Processor:                      Amlogic S905W           Amlogic S905W4

Market:                               Console                       Console

Family:                                  S9                          S9 Gen 4

Release date:                       Q3 2017                     Q1 2021

Nanoprocess:                      28 nm HKMG                  12 nm

Cores:                                      4                                 4

Threads:                                   4                                 4

Base frequency:                     1.5 GHz                       1.2 GHz

Cache memory:                       1 MB                           1 MB

Max memory:                          2 GB                           2 GB

Memory types:                     DDR3 RAM                  DDR3 RAM

GPU:                              ARM Mali-450 MP3        ARM Mali-450 MP5

GPU execution units 3 5

GPU shading units 48 80

GPU base clock rate 300 MHz 750 MHz

GPU max clock rate 750 MHz 750 MHz

GPU FP32 floating point 35.7 GFLOPS 59.5 GFLOPS

Main technical specifications x96mini+:

Processor - Amlogic S905W4 quad core ARM Cortex A53 @ 1.2GHz

GPU - Mali-450MP five-core GPU @ 750 MHz

OS - Android 9.0

Memory - 1GB / 2GB DDR3

Storage - 8GB / 16GB eMMC flash + micro SD card slot (up to 32GB)

Video Output - HDMI 2.0a up to 4K @ 60fps, AV port

Audio - HDMI, AV port (stereo audio), OPTICAL SPDIF

Video Codecs - VP9 / HDR10, 4K H.265, MPEG1 / 2/4, H.264, HD AVC / VC-1, RM / RMVB, Xvid / DivX3 / 4/5/6, RealVideo8 / 9/10

Video Formats - 4K @ 30fps, H.265, AVI, H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DIVD / DIVX, Real8 / 9/10, RM, RMVB, PMP, FLV, MP4 , M4V, VOB, WMV, 3GP, MKV

Connectivity - 10 / 100M Ethernet, dual band (2.4 / 5GHz) Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n / ac (Amlogic W150S1 Wifi chip), Bluetooth 5.0

USB - 2x USB 2.0 host ports

Misc - IR receiver, digital LED display, DLNA function support, Miracast, Airplay

Power supply - DC 5V / 2A

Dimensions - 105 x 105 x 20mm

Weight - 150 grams