Entaniya Pi 4 Heatsink on Raspberry Pi 4

Passive Coolingfor Raspberry Pi 4
-1.0°Cvs stock (78°C → 77°C peak)
Tested Mar 17, 2026
Peak Temp
77°C
42°C idle
CPU Frequency
1500MHz
1500 MHz idle
No Throttling

No Thermal Throttling

CPU maintained full frequency throughout the test

Test Configuration

CPU Governor
performance
Operating System
Debian GNU/Linux 13
Kernel
6.12.47+rpt-rpi-v8

Thermal Timeline

Layers
Baseline (1min idle)
Load (1h stress)
Cooldown (1min)

How It Compares on the Raspberry Pi 4

The Entaniya Pi 4 Heatsink ranks #3 of 3 aftermarket coolers tested on the Raspberry Pi 4, based on peak temperature reduction versus stock cooling.

CoolerTypePeakvs StockPrice
Passive63°C-15.0°C$7.00
Passive71°C-7.0°C$3.50
Entaniya Pi 4 HeatsinkThis cooler
Passive77°C-1.0°C-
None78°C--
See the full Raspberry Pi 4 cooler comparison