I recently re-ran a series of benchmarks on my collection of Raspberry Pi's to see what I had to work with for upcoming projects. CPU, I/O, network and browser benchmarks below were completed on RPI Zero, V1 Model B, V2 Model B, V3 Model B, V3 Model B+ and V4 Model B. Results/comparisons may be useful to others.
Config and ToolsSimple test - booted/ran a series of benchmarks on all RaspberryPis using the same SD card and power supply. Card was loaded with the latest version of Raspbian plus a couple of common profiling and benchmarking tools. Setup notes:
Hardware
Software
HardinfoProfile Summary
A number of hardware updates over the years, see also: Socialcompare.com's Raspberrypi Models Comparison
CPU BenchmarksSequential I/O BenchmarksSequential Writes w/ file create"sysbench --test=fileio --file-test-mode=seqwr --validate run"
Sequential Reads"sysbench --test=fileio --file-test-mode=seqrd --validate run"
Random I/O BenchmarksRandom Writes"sysbench --test=fileio --file-test-mode=rndwr --validate run"
Random Reads"sysbench --test=fileio --file-test-mode=rndrd --validate run"
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PI4 Model B
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PI3 Model B+ |
8.12 |
5.63 |
18.44 | 7.77 |
23.47 | 17.142 |
Ethernet only - no WiFi testing
Notes
- RPI 4 Power - Initial issues with USB-C - not all cables work.
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