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Raspberry Pi 4 8GB vs Raspberry Pi 5 8GB — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Raspberry Pi 5 8GB is ahead of the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB on all 2 shared benchmarks on file, by 122% to 125%, including 125% in Geekbench 6 single (764 vs 340).

Side-by-side SBC comparison of the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB and the Raspberry Pi 5 8GB. Released 2020 (Raspberry Pi 4 8GB), 2023 (Raspberry Pi 5 8GB). MSRP range: $75 · $80. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Forums, Phoronix and PiMyLifeUp; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRaspberry Pi 4 8GBRaspberry Pi 5 8GB
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Forums		 723 points1,604 points
Geekbench 6 multi (16KB page size) (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi		 —1,588 points
Geekbench 6 multi (overclocked 3.0GHz) (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi		 —1,634 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi		 —1,604 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Forums		 340 points764 points
Geekbench 6 single (16KB page size) (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi		 —774 points
Geekbench 6 single (overclocked 3.0GHz) (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi		 —906 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi		 —764 points
glmark2 (higher is better)
Source: Phoronix, PiMyLifeUp		 —1,219 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (2.4GHz stock) (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi Forums		 —2,102 CPU Mark
PassMark CPU Mark (multi-thread) (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi Forums		 —2,226 CPU Mark
PassMark Floating Point Math (2.4GHz) (higher is better)
Source: Raspberry Pi Forums		 —11,313 MOps/Sec

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Raspberry Pi 4 8GB

No verified AI inference results on file. See the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB benchmark page →

Raspberry Pi 5 8GB

All Raspberry Pi 5 8GB AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB or the Raspberry Pi 5 8GB?

The Raspberry Pi 5 8GB is ahead of the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB on all 2 shared benchmarks on file, by 122% to 125%, including 125% in Geekbench 6 single (764 vs 340).

What did the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB and the Raspberry Pi 5 8GB cost at launch?

The Raspberry Pi 4 8GB launched at a $75 MSRP and the Raspberry Pi 5 8GB at $80. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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