52Pi ICE Tower Plus on Raspberry Pi 5
Active Coolingfor Raspberry Pi 5
-37.0°Cvs stock (87°C → 50°C peak)
Tested Mar 17, 2026Peak Temp
50°C
30°C idle
CPU Frequency
2400MHz
2400 MHz idle
No Throttling
Power Draw
7.8W
3.7W idle
No Thermal Throttling
CPU maintained full frequency throughout the testTest Configuration
- Board
- Raspberry Pi 5 4GB
- CPU Governor
- performance
- Operating System
- Debian GNU/Linux 13
- Kernel
- 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-2712
Thermal Timeline
Layers
Baseline (1min idle)
Load (1h stress)
Cooldown (1min)
How It Compares on the Raspberry Pi 5
The 52Pi ICE Tower Plus ranks #1 of 6 aftermarket coolers tested on the Raspberry Pi 5, based on peak temperature reduction versus stock cooling.
| Cooler | Type | Peak | vs Stock | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
52Pi ICE Tower PlusThis cooler | Active | 50°C | -37.0°C | $16.99 |
| Passive | 61°C | -26.0°C | $169.00 | |
| Passive | 61°C | -26.0°C | - | |
| Active | 68°C | -19.0°C | $11.00 | |
| Passive | 73°C | -14.0°C | $31.00 | |
| Passive | 79°C | -8.0°C | $16.95 | |
Raspberry Pi 5 (No Cooling)Baseline | None | 87°C | - | - |
| Passive | 87°C | +0.0°C | $3.15 |