Raspberry Pi 4 vs Dshan Pi A1

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$49.45*
$69*
RAM2GB4GB
SoC
VideoCore VI
Mali-G52 MC3
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 1.5GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 2.2GHz
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz

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Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
258
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
336
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
614
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
1,446

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,541 MIPS
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
1,813 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5,192 MIPS
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
11,926 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.57 GFLOPS
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
21.53 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.83 GFLOPS/W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
2.79 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
493
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
518
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,553
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
3,337

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
518
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
2,224

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.88 kH/s
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
2.76 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
7.53 kH/s
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
18.52 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
5,730.4 MB/s
memset
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
16,916.2 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
622
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
957

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
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
8.94 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.65 tok/W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
1.19 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.07 tok/$
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
0.13 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
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
8.8 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.6 MB/s
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
8.5 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Dshan Pi A1 (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
67.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
19.6 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
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
940 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
941 Mbps
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
937 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
1.9W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.2W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
5.4W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.6W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
7.5W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
6.9W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
7.7W

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