Venice SOM Comparison
Venice SOM Comparison
Gateworks manufactures two different SOMs (System on Module) for the Venice family of SBCs
- NXP i.MX8M Mini SoC
- NXP i.MX8M Plus SoC.
These SOMs are plugged onto the Gateworks Venice baseboards: GW71xx, GW72xx, GW73xx, GW75xx.
The SOM and baseboard are sold as a single unit as shown on the Venice SBC page, with part numbering described below.
Key Differences:
- i.MX8M Plus adds USB 3.0 (NOTE 4)
- i.MX8M Plus adds CAN Bus (NOTE 2)
- i.MX8M Plus adds PCIe Gen 3 (NOTE 1)
- i.MX8M Mini SOM supports MIPI DSI / CSI interfaces, the i.MX8M Plus SOM does not
Comparison Table:
SOM | Processor | DRAM | USB | PCIe | Audio / Video | CAN Bus | VPU | GPU | NPU | DSP | ETH MAC | Heatsink |
i.MX8M Mini SOM (GW700x) | 4x Cortex-A53 core
Cortex-M4 |
1500MHz (3000MT/s) | USB 2.0 | PCIe 2.0 | MIPI-CSI/DSI
SAI/I2S Audio (NOTE5) |
None | 1080p60 h.264 & h.265 decoder, 1080p60 h.264 encoder | 1x shader, OpenGL® ES 2.0, 3D Graphics: GC NanoUltra, 2D Graphics: GC320 | None | None | FEC | Standard GW10085 Lidded SoC |
i.MX8M Plus SOM (GW702x) | 4x Cortex-A53 core Cortex-M7 | 2000MHz (4000MT/s) | USB 3.0 (NOTE4) | PCIe 3.0 (NOTE1) | None | Yes (NOTE2) | 1080p60 h.264 & h.265 decoder, 1080p60 h.264 & h.265 encoder (NOTE3) | 16 GFLOPS (high-precision) OpenGL® ES 3.1/3.0, Vulkan®, Open CL™ 1.2 FP, OpenVG™ 1.1, 3D Graphics: GC7000UL, 2D Graphics: GC520L (NOTE3) | 2.3 TOP/s | Cadence® Tensilica® HiFi 4 DSP @ 800 MHz (NOTE3) | EQOS | Premium Heatsink Exposed Die SoC |
- NOTE1: While the i.MX8M Plus SOM features PCIe Gen 3.0, the GW72xx and GW73xx use a PCIe switch that is a PCIe 2.0 switch. Contact Gateworks Sales for a custom design if PCIe 3.0 is needed. Because the GW71xx does not use a switch, it will be able to use PCIe 3.0 when the i.MX8M Plus SOM is loaded.
- NOTE2: CAN Bus is supported on the i.MX8MP SoC, but there is not a transceiver. Gateworks plans to add a transceiver on an expansion board that plugs onto the expansion header on the GW72xx and GW73xx. CAN will not be supported on the GW71xx.
- NOTE3: GW702x does not support MIPI-CSI/DSI, HDMI on GW71xx, GW72xx, GW73xx, GW75xx
- NOTE4: USB 3.0 is not available on GW72xx/GW73xx Front Panel OTG connector, use USB header on GW72xx and use Type-A connector on GW73xx
- NOTE5: MIPI CSI/DSI is not exposed on the GW71xx baseboard.
- More information between the two processors can be found on NXP Website here: https://www.nxp.com/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-processors/i-mx-applications-processors/i-mx-8-applications-processors:IMX8-SERIES
Gateworks Venice Part Numbering Scheme
Gateworks Venice part numbers use the following scheme.
A standard Venice part number would be something like so: GW7300-00-F1G
The first part of the number, GW7300, refers to the baseboard which contains all the peripherals.
For example, a GW7300 is a standard baseboard and a GW7301 is a baseboard with maximum peripherals (GPS, onboard WiFi/BLE chip, etc.).
The last two digits after the hyphen refers to the last two digits of the SOM model plugged onto the baseboard.
The available Gateworks SOMs are:
- GW7000: NXP i.MX8M Mini with 1GB RAM and 8GB of Flash
- GW7001: NXP i.MX8M Mini with 4GB RAM and 64GB of Flash
- GW7020: NXP i.MX8M Plus with 1GB RAM and 8GB of Flash
- GW7021: NXP i.MX8M Plus with 4GB RAM and 64GB of Flash
For example, a GW7100-01 uses a GW7001 SOM and a GW7100-20 uses a GW7020 SOM.
The last alphabetical characters of the part numbers are the revisions of the baseboard and then SOM with no spaces in between.
For example, a GW7300-21-F1G has a revision F.1 GW7300 baseboard and a revision G GW7021 SOM.
Please view the entire line (SOM + Baseboard) of Venice Single Board Computers
Please contact Gateworks sales for any further questions.