Amazon Fire TV Stick (1st Gen) vs Roku Streaming Stick (3600)

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Fire TV Stick (1st Gen) compared with Streaming Stick (3600)

	AmazonFire TV Stick (1st Gen)	RokuStreaming Stick (3600)
Overview
Released
Released	November 2014	April 2016
Video and audio
Resolution
Resolution	1080p	1080p
HDR
HDR	None	None
Video
Video	H.264 and MPEG-2 decoding up to 1080p 30 fps; H.264 also supports 720p 60 fps	Up to 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps, or 720p at 60 fps; interface renders at 1280 × 720 (Roku's exact Briscoe/3600X developer row and footnote)
Audio
Audio	Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus support	–
Performance
Software
Software	Fire OS	Roku OS
Storage
Storage	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	Arm Cortex-A7 quad-core at 800 MHz; OpenGL ES 2.0 (Roku's exact Briscoe/3600X developer row)
Memory
Memory	1 GB RAM, divided into 512 MB system and 512 MB video memory	512 MB (Roku's exact Briscoe/3600X developer row)
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.	Launched with Roku OS 7.1 and Hotel and Dorm Connect for browser-authenticated networks (Roku announcement reproduced by 9to5Toys); apps and features vary by region and software version
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 4	Wi-Fi 4
Ethernet
Ethernet	No	No
Voice remote
Voice remote	No	No
Ports
Ports	Integrated HDMI plug; Ethernet not supported	HDMI plug, Micro-USB power input and reset button; USB cable and mains adapter supplied
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	Dual-band MIMO; 802.11n (Roku announcement and TechRadar)
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.	Original point-anywhere remote uses AAA batteries and has navigation, playback and app shortcut buttons; voice search and headphone listening use the separate mobile app (TechRadar)
Design
Type
Type	Stick	Stick
Size
Size	–	3.25 × 0.9 × 0.5 in, length × width × depth (TechRadar)