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Re:Raspberry Pi 5 by fbdab103 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @03:01AM (#37686294)
At 27W that is a strong pass vs a NUC. If I go with a low power x86 NUC, I can run all software on it, and probably insert a SSD + additional RAM, for probably ~15W.
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Re:Raspberry Pi 5 by pja on Thursday September 28, 2023 @03:20AM (#37686408)
That'll be peak power draw though: you have to spec the standard power supply to cope with the CPU running @ 100% & simultaneously feeding the 1G ethernet and all the USB ports at max power.

They claim it will draw less power than the Pi4 for the same workloads.

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Re:Raspberry Pi 5 by stevenhuang on Thursday September 28, 2023 @04:08AM (#37686724)
Max tdp rating is not idle power draw.

Difference being if your workload now demands it, the increased power rating allows faster race to idle, and overall gain in power efficiency.

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Re:Raspberry Pi 5 by zambal on Thursday September 28, 2023 @04:11AM (#37686743)
Peak power draw is 12W, not 27W for the Rpi5 though.
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Re:Raspberry Pi 5 by Narishma on Thursday September 28, 2023 @06:02AM (#37687459)
It's 12W, not 27.
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