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Raspberry Pi 500+ 16GB

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Raspberry Pi500+ (16GB)500+ (16GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$200*
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RAM16GB
SoCBroadcom BCM2712
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
892
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
2,121

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
3,356 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
11,979 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
35.15 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
2.66 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
1,646
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
4,884

PassMark PerformanceTest

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
2,384
RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
1,432

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
3.86 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
15.43 kH/s

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
3.3W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
6.6W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
11.7W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
13.2W

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
937 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
941 Mbps
WiFi Up
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
45 Mbps
WiFi Down
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
140 Mbps

fio Storage Performance - microSD

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

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
21.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
14.9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 256GB (256GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
301.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
267.4 MB/s

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
10.26 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
0.88 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
0.05 tok/$