Raspberry Pi 5 vs Cool Pi 4B

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price$140*
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
VideoCore VII
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
902
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
872
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
2,188
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
3,002

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3,334 MIPS
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
3,144 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
12,000 MIPS
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
15,988 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
36.6 GFLOPS
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
38.13 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3.16 GFLOPS/W
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
2.23 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1,654
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
1,436
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
4,920
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
6,206

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
2,394
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
3,192

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3.86 kH/s
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
4.42 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
15.43 kH/s
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
24.7 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
10,753.9 MB/s
memset
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
28,908.3 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1,374
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
984

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
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
8.15 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1.24 tok/W
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
0.7 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
0.13 tok/$
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
0.06 tok/$

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
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
8.2 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
15.1 MB/s
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
8.8 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • CoolPi 64 (64GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
21.2 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
26 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
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
590.6 MB/s
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
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
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
941 Mbps
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
940 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
2.5W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
6.5W
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
7.9W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
10.8W
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
11.7W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
11.6W
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
17.1W

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