Amazon Fire TV Stick (1st Gen) vs Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen)

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Fire TV Stick (1st Gen) compared with Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen)

	AmazonFire TV Stick (1st Gen)	AmazonFire TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen)
Overview
Released
Released	November 2014	October 2023
Video and audio
Resolution
Resolution	1080p	4K (better)
HDR
HDR	None	Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG (better)
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	–	Yes
Video
Video	H.264 and MPEG-2 decoding up to 1080p 30 fps; H.264 also supports 720p 60 fps	AV1, HEVC and H.264 hardware decoding up to 4K at 60 fps; VP9 up to 4K at 60 fps
HDR
HDR	–	Dolby Vision (profiles 4-MEL, 5, 8, 9 and 10), HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG
Audio
Audio	Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus support	Dolby Atmos (Dolby Digital Plus JOC and AC-4); Dolby MAT transcoding; Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD (basic profile) and MPEG-H pass-through
Performance
Software
Software	Fire OS	Fire OS
Storage
Storage	8 GB	8 GB
Chip details
Chip details	Broadcom Capri 28155; dual-core Arm Cortex-A9 up to 1 GHz; Broadcom VideoCore IV GPU/VPU; 32-bit applications	MediaTek MT8696D; 4× Arm Cortex-A55 up to 1.7 GHz; GE9215 GPU up to 650 MHz
Memory
Memory	1 GB RAM, divided into 512 MB system and 512 MB video memory	2GB LPDDR4
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 4	Wi-Fi 6
Ethernet
Ethernet	No	No
Voice remote
Voice remote	No	Yes
Ports
Ports	Integrated HDMI plug; Ethernet not supported	HDMI 2.1 output with ARC input support; 10/100 Ethernet with Amazon's adapter
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth	Dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n with 2 × 2 MIMO; Bluetooth 3.0 without BLE; Miracast display mirroring	Wi-Fi 6 dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax (2.4 and 5 GHz); Bluetooth 5.2 and BLE
Smart home
Smart home	–	Alexa control of compatible smart home devices; Alexa Home Theater with compatible Echo speakers
Remote
Remote	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.	Alexa Voice Remote with mic button
Design
Type
Type	Stick	Stick