Raspberry Pi 4 vs Arduino UNO Q

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$49.45*
$44*
RAM2GB2GB
SoC
VideoCore VI
Qualcomm® Adreno 702
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 1.5GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 2.0GHz

Legend

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Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
258
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
190
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
614
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
527

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,541 MIPS
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
1,480 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5,192 MIPS
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
5,072 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.57 GFLOPS
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.83 GFLOPS/W
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
493
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
472
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,553
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
1,654

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
518
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
672

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.88 kH/s
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
1.87 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
7.53 kH/s
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
7.57 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
622
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
477

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
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.65 tok/W
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.07 tok/$
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data

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
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.6 MB/s
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Arduino UNO Q (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
50.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
26.2 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
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
941 Mbps
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
0.6W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.2W
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
1.5W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.6W
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
6.9W
Arduino UNO Q (2GB)
No Data

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