the Raspberry Pi 5

About this video

Chuck reviews the Raspberry Pi 5, the first new flagship Pi in four years (the Pi 4 launched in 2019), arriving in October in two models: 4 GB for $60 and 8 GB for $80. The spec tour covers a 2.4 GHz quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A76 CPU claimed at two to three times the Pi 4’s performance with cryptographic extensions, an 800 MHz VideoCore VII GPU driving dual 4K 60p HDMI with HDR, faster LPDDR4X RAM, doubled peak microSD performance, simultaneous 5 Gbps on the USB 3.0 ports, upgraded camera/display interfaces, a new PCIe 2.0 interface for high-bandwidth peripherals, a real-time clock, and the long-requested power button. The headline addition is the RP1, Raspberry Pi’s own in-house southbridge chip handling I/O, which unlocks much of the speed. The chip runs hot enough that an official active cooler exists for it, which he installs before testing. As a desktop on dual 4K monitors it is usable but not snappy: multiple 720p YouTube videos strain the GPU, temperatures sat around 51 degrees Celsius under the active cooler, and a 4K file over the network struggled, though office apps, VS Code, and 1080p video were fine. Benchmarks against the Pi 4 were decisive: single-thread events per second roughly 700 versus 1,000, multithreaded roughly 28,000 versus 41,000, Geekbench single-core 258 versus 597 and multi-core 695 versus 1,530 (with the crypto score far higher still), browser Speedometer 19.2 versus 54.6, and Open Arena went from unplayable at 720p on the Pi 4 to smooth on the Pi 5. (A sponsor segment promotes ITProTV training.)

Key takeaways

• Pricing and lineup: Pi 5 comes only in 4 GB ($60) and 8 GB ($80) models — the 2 GB tier is gone
• The RP1, Raspberry Pi’s first in-house southbridge silicon, is the real unlock: faster USB, storage, camera, and PCIe 2.0 expansion
• Benchmarks roughly double the Pi 4 or better: Geekbench 597/1,530 (single/multi) vs 258/695, and browser Speedometer 54.6 vs 19.2
• It finally has a power button and an official active cooler — expect heat; he measured about 51°C under load with cooling fitted
• Desktop verdict: fine for browsing, office work, coding, and light gaming, but multiple HD videos or 4K network playback still strain it

Episode details: published September 28, 2023 · 17:57 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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