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Leave that poor thing alone 😂
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
That sweep will include a range of new tests, and some small improvements here and there. I really should do a better job of documenting everything 😄
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
There’s a chance you could get it down a bit, as all of my testing is down with the performance governor, including the idle power draw. I have it on my to-do list to switch back to the default governor for the idle reading but it hasn’t crept on yet. Likely when I next do a sweep of everything..
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
And finally, if you're fine with 2GB of RAM and have a few extra dollars to hand, the @raspberrypi.com 5 enters the battle a romps even further ahead :D

sbc.compare/10-raspberry...
Raspberry Pi 5 2GB vs Radxa Cubie A7A 6GB vs Arduino UNO Q 2GB | sbc.compare
Compare Raspberry Pi 5 2GB vs Radxa Cubie A7A 6GB vs Arduino UNO Q 2GB specifications, benchmarks, and performance. See detailed side-by-side analysis of...
sbc.compare
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Why do I say it's probably not worth it if you don't care about the Arduino ecosystem? Well, if we filter by price at sbc.compare/browse?price... you can see 3 boards outperform it, with the Radxa A7A being 3x faster both on single, and all-core GB6 tests (it also has 4GB more RAM!)
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
As a bonus question, does sbc.compare/browse currently cover the options that would be important to you? Or is there something else you'd like to see?
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A few bits need cleaning up and I'm missing some obvious filters that slipped through the cracks, but we're getting there slowly but surely..
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
and a big thanks to whoever posted it on Hacker News! I doubt it'll get much traction over there but if you're lurking here, I appreciate you 😍

I'm keeping an eye on the most popular comparisons so far and it's.. Interesting
October 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What started out as a need for automation and a database for my own data turned out to be a standalone website 😅 I've written a little bit about it at bret.dk/introducing-...
October 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM