Raspberry Pi 5 vs NVIDIA Jetson Nano

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB2GB
SoC
VideoCore VII
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A57 @ 1.5GHz

Legend

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Detailed Reviews

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Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
902
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
261
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
2,188
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
795

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3,334 MIPS
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
1,225 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
12,000 MIPS
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
4,080 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
36.6 GFLOPS
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
10.26 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3.16 GFLOPS/W
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
1.13 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1,654
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
303
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
4,920
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
1,032

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
2,394
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
1,024

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3.86 kH/s
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
2.3 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
15.43 kH/s
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
9.21 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1,374
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
257

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
12.02 tok/s
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1.24 tok/W
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
No Data
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
0.13 tok/$
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
No Data

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - microSD

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB microSD)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
22 MB/s
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
18.2 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
15.1 MB/s
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
866.5 MB/s
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
590.6 MB/s
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
937 Mbps
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
941 Mbps
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
921 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
6.5W
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
7.2W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
10.8W
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
11.6W
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (2GB)
9.1W

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