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> tad over 6W That is the key. The RPi works for idling, but anything else gets throttled pretty bad. I used to self host on the RPi, but it was just not enoug
by kassner 1y ago
> tad over 6W
That is the key. The RPi works for idling, but anything else gets throttled pretty bad. I used to self host on the RPi, but it was just not enough[1]. Laptops/mini-PCs will have a much better burstable-to-idle power ratio (6/3W vs 35/8W).
1: https://www.kassner.com.br/en/2022/03/16/update-to-my-zfs-backup-strategy/ https://www.kassner.com.br/en/2022/03/16/update-to-my-zfs-ba...
- motorest 1y ago> That is the key. The RPi works for idling, but anything else gets throttled pretty bad. I don't have a dog in this race, but I recall that RPi's throttling issues when subjected to high loads were actually thermal throttling. Meaning, you picked up a naked board and started blasting benchmarks until it overheated. You cannot make sweeping statements about RPi's throttling while leaving out the root cause.
- kassner 1y agoamd64 processors will have lots of hardware acceleration built in. I couldn’t get past 20MB/s over SSH on the Pi4, vs 80MB/s on my i3. So while they can show similar geekbench results, the experience of using the Pi is a bit more frustrating than on paper.