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Raspberry Pi 500 8GB

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB
SoCBroadcom BCM2712
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz

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Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
903
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
2,162

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
3,375 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
12,057 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
36.48 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
3.41 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
1,649
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
4,601

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
2,382

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
3.86 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
15.43 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
1,379

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
9.96 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
1.13 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
0.1 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 500 (8GB)
22.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
15.3 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
937 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
941 Mbps
WiFi Up
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
71 Mbps
WiFi Down
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
176 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
3W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
6W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
8.8W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 500 (8GB)
10.7W