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I'm just trying to understand the power of those machines compared to the only piece of equipment I daily use and can compare to. I know it can be like compari

I'm just trying to understand the power of those machines compared to the only piece of equipment I daily use and can compare to. I know it can be like comparing apples to oranges but I was just curious how fast this can be.

amself 6y ago
The best Raspberry Pi available right now is a bit faster than a modern entry-level PC. It has 4 ARM cores running at 1.5 GHz and 8 gigs of RAM.
- jrockway 6y ago
  That is not true at all. For compute, it's about 5x slower than the cheapest Intel processor you can buy. It's certainly much better than the original Raspberry Pi (which felt like a 486), but it is not using recent technology and it just doesn't compare to what is available today. It is for projects where you would normally use a microcontroller, but want HDMI and Linux out of the box. People using the Pi for art projects, signage, dashboards, controlling their sprinkler system, etc. have the right idea. People using them to serve interactive traffic are going to have a bad time. They are really, really slow.