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Aren't there many ARM chips which are more efficient (compute per watt) and which also use much less power when idle than what the Raspberry Pi uses?
by lispm 3y ago
Aren't there many ARM chips which are more efficient (compute per watt) and which also use much less power when idle than what the Raspberry Pi uses?
- dragontamer 3y agoRP5 changes the specs again and I haven't bothered to run the math yet. Broadcom / Rasp. Pi chips have historically been _VERY_ bad at idle though compared to their peers. So I think its safe to say that RP5 will also be bad at idle (though I haven't read the spec sheets or seen any such tests yet).
- Someone 3y agoSeems a good guess. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/raspberry-pi-T https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/raspberry-pi-T; “The Raspberry Pi 5 is the hottest of all the Raspberry Pi boards we have ever used. At idle, without any added cooling, it sits at around 50.5 degrees Celsius and consumes around 2.7 Watts“ If that were classified as “electrical and electronic household and office equipment”, they could not legally sell that in the EU (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2023.103.01.0029.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2023%3A103%3ATOC https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%... is not yet in force, but its predecessor already limit standby power usage to under 0.5W)
- irishsultan 3y agoIANAL, but I think the right comparison for standby power usage would be the power usage in sleep, not in idle.
- rcxdude 3y agoYes, though I would say the beaglebone is also not stunning in this regard.