Amazon Fire TV Cube (3rd Gen) vs Amazon Fire TV Stick (1st Gen)

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Fire TV Cube (3rd Gen) compared with Fire TV Stick (1st Gen)

	AmazonFire TV Cube (3rd Gen)	AmazonFire TV Stick (1st Gen)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2022	November 2014
Video and audio
Resolution
Resolution	4K (better)	1080p
HDR
HDR	Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG (better)	None
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	Yes	–
Video
Video	2160p, 1080p and 720p up to 60 fps, for output and HDMI input; AV1 and HEVC decoding up to 4K at 60 fps; Super Resolution Upscaling from HD to 4K	H.264 and MPEG-2 decoding up to 1080p 30 fps; H.264 also supports 720p 60 fps
HDR
HDR	Dolby Vision (profiles 4-MEL, 5, 8, 9 and 10), HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG	–
Audio
Audio	Dolby Atmos, 7.1 surround and stereo; Dolby MAT transcoding, including for HDMI input; Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD (basic profile) and MPEG-H pass-through; built-in 11 W speaker	Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus support
Performance
Software
Software	Fire OS	Fire OS
Storage
Storage	16 GB (better)	8 GB
Chip details
Chip details	Amlogic POP1-G; 4× Arm Cortex-A73 at 2.2 GHz and 4× Cortex-A53 at 2.0 GHz; Arm G52 MP8 GPU at 800 MHz	Broadcom Capri 28155; dual-core Arm Cortex-A9 up to 1 GHz; Broadcom VideoCore IV GPU/VPU; 32-bit applications
Memory
Memory	2GB LPDDR4/4X	1 GB RAM, divided into 512 MB system and 512 MB video memory
Storage
Storage	–	Internal storage includes space used by operating software
Software and services
Software and services	–	Fire OS 5 based on Android 5.1 (API level 22), as listed in Amazon’s developer table; build model AFTM. First shipped in the US on 19 November 2014.
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6E	Wi-Fi 4
Ethernet
Ethernet	Yes	No
Voice remote
Voice remote	Yes	No
Ports
Ports	HDMI 2.1 input; HDMI 2.1 output with ARC; HDCP 2.3; USB-A 2.0 (for webcams); IR extender; 10/100 Ethernet; power	Integrated HDMI plug; Ethernet not supported
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth	Wi-Fi 6E tri-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax with 2x2 MIMO (2.4, 5 and 6 GHz); Bluetooth 5.0 and LE	Dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n with 2 × 2 MIMO; Bluetooth 3.0 without BLE; Miracast display mirroring
Smart home
Smart home	Hands-free Alexa with a four-microphone array; controls TVs, soundbars, cable and satellite boxes and receivers by voice and IR; Alexa video calling with a USB webcam	–
Remote
Remote	Alexa Voice Remote Enhanced; Bluetooth 5.0; 2 × AAA; 38 × 158 × 17 mm, 51 g without batteries	Original bundle includes a basic button remote without a microphone; Amazon offered the Fire TV Voice Remote separately. The launch phone app supplied voice search.
Design
Type
Type	Box	Stick
Power
Power	External power adapter	–
Size
Size	86 × 86 × 77 mm; 513 g	–
In the box
In the box	Fire TV Cube (3rd Gen), Alexa Voice Remote Enhanced, power adapter, 2 AAA batteries, quick start guide (HDMI, IR extender and Ethernet cables sold separately)	–