52Pi ICE Tower Plus on Raspberry Pi 5
Active Coolingfor Raspberry Pi 5
Peak 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
Improvement vs Stock
- Baseline
- Raspberry Pi 5 (No Cooling) (87°C peak)
- Load Improvement
- -37.0°C
- Idle Improvement
- -20.0°C
- Value ($/°C)
- $0.46/°C
- Cooler Price
- $17.00
Thermal Timeline
Layers
Baseline (1min idle)
Load (1h stress)
Cooldown (1min)
Other Coolers Tested on Raspberry Pi 5
Entaniya Heat Pipe for Raspberry Pi 5
PassiveNo throttle
-26.0°C vs default$169.00
Entaniya Heat Pipe for Raspberry Pi 5 with Heatsink Plate
PassiveNo throttle
-26.0°C vs default
Raspberry Pi Active Cooler
ActiveNo throttle
-19.0°C vs default$11.00
Akasa Pi-5 Pro
PassiveNo throttle
-14.0°C vs default$31.00
Flirc Raspberry Pi 5 Case
PassiveNo throttle
-8.0°C vs default$16.95
Entaniya Pi 5 Heatsink
PassiveThrottles
+0.0°C vs default$3.15
Raspberry Pi 5 (No Cooling)
NoneDefaultThrottles
BaselineIncluded