Raspberry Pi 5 Thermal Performance (Default (No Cooling))
Default (No Cooling)
Tested Mar 10, 2026
Peak Temp
87°C
50°C idle
CPU Frequency
2400MHz
1500 MHz idle
Throttled
Power Draw
6.1W
3.5W idle
Thermal Throttling Detected
Time to Throttle
0:28
into load phase
Lowest Frequency
1500 MHz
baseline: 2400 MHz
Throttle Events
72
Test 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)
