Entaniya Pi 5 Heatsink on Raspberry Pi 5

Passive Coolingfor Raspberry Pi 5
Tested Mar 10, 2026
Peak Temp
87°C
45°C idle
CPU Frequency
2400MHz
1500 MHz idle
Throttled
Power Draw
6.3W
3.4W idle

Thermal Throttling Detected

Time to Throttle
1:19
into load phase
Lowest Frequency
1500 MHz
baseline: 2400 MHz
Throttle Events
224

Test Configuration

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 (59s)

How It Compares on the Raspberry Pi 5

CoolerTypePeakvs StockPrice
Active50°C-37.0°C$17.00
Passive61°C-26.0°C$169.00
Passive61°C-26.0°C-
Active68°C-19.0°C$11.00
Passive73°C-14.0°C$31.00
Passive79°C-8.0°C$16.95
None87°C--
Entaniya Pi 5 HeatsinkThis cooler
Passive87°C+0.0°C$3.15
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