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What would you do with 16G of RAM on a Raspberry Pi 5?

dougw
dougw 8 months ago
  1. Would you run a larger operating system?
  2. Would you use it for some larger model AI?
  3. Would you use it for running a larger number of concurrent applications?
  4. Would you use it for robotics and ROS or autonomous systems?
  5. Would you use it for video editing?

I would like to see if it is suitable for video editing...

Please comment on what you would use it for or what you think it would be good for below. 

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    0 ntewinkel 8 months ago

    Maybe the extra RAM would help it serve instructions to my CNC router. My first attempt failed miserably. Shrug‍

    It might be helpful for 3D slicing and graphics editing, but most of us have regular computers for that.

    Given how inexpensive the little mini pc computers are now, and how expensive the rpi is getting, you can get a full computer for the price of that pi now. In Canada, I see a little beelink is $159 and a RPi 5 kit is $250.

    So maybe a more direct question is: what pi-specific function would require 16gb, that can’t be handled better by a regular computer?

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    0 kmikemoo 8 months ago in reply to ntewinkel

    ntewinkel Initially, I thought the same thing.  I have recently turned a Chromebook into a Linux Mint Laptop - although I haven't made the time to really use it - other than surfing the web.  BUT... discrete IO.  That is what the Pi has that my PC doesn't.  I2C.  SPI.  I don't know how to get those out of my laptop.  Of course, with my limited knowledge, I won't be buying a 16GB Pi5 - until I've figured out what to do with all the other Pi's I have. LaughingThumbsup

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    0 ntewinkel 8 months ago in reply to kmikemoo

    I agree, and size too if you’re embedding it. It’s niche applications like that that make it worth it, but I don’t think it makes sense anymore as a general desktop replacement.

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    0 dougw 8 months ago in reply to ntewinkel

    And power too - it should be less that a PC.

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    0 vmate 8 months ago in reply to dougw

    Not anymore. The Pi 5 uses a significant amount of power now, with a lot of x86 PCs actually using less, while having significantly higher performance.

    https://bret.dk/raspberry-pi-5-review/

    The Intel N100 machine uses 10% less power at idle, and 85% more at full load, while being a bit over twice as fast as the Pi 5, for a comparable cost. It also has more and upgradable RAM, more USB ports and video outputs. The N100 also has hardware H264/H265 encoding, while the Pi5 has nothing.

    The only advantages the RPi has managed to keep are the GPIOs, MIPI, and form factor.
    Hooking up a Pi Pico or similar to an N100 machine gives you all the GPIO (and more) back, so realistically, only MIPI and the form factor remain.

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    0 phoenixcomm 8 months ago in reply to vmate

    You are right about the cost, but ( me confirmed Intel basher ) I would get a AMD Phenom II 4 cores CPU & Motherboard and never look back! ~~ Cris 

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    0 phoenixcomm 8 months ago in reply to vmate

    You are right about the cost, but ( me confirmed Intel basher ) I would get a AMD Phenom II 4 cores CPU & Motherboard and never look back! ~~ Cris 

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