Raspberry Pi 4 vs Raspberry Pi 400

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$49.45*
RAM2GB4GB
SoC
VideoCore VI
VideoCore VI
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 1.5GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 1.5GHz

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Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
258
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
300
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
614
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
742

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,541 MIPS
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
1,794 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5,192 MIPS
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
6,020 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.57 GFLOPS
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
15.39 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.83 GFLOPS/W
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
2 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
493
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
577
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,553
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
1,777

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
518
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
631

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.88 kH/s
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
2.26 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
7.53 kH/s
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
9.05 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
622
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
705

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
3.66 tok/s
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
3.63 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.65 tok/W
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
0.56 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.07 tok/$
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
0.05 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 4 (2GB)
16.3 MB/s
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
16.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.6 MB/s
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
12.8 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
942 Mbps
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
943 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
941 Mbps
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
941 Mbps
WiFi Up
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
92 Mbps
WiFi Down
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
91 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
3W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.2W
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
5.9W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.6W
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
6.5W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
6.9W
Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB)
7.7W

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