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Out of curiosity, does 5V/5A USB-C changer common? All of my USB-C Chargers has 5V/3A only.
If you buy a charger advertised to support "PPS" at 65W or so or more, you are more likely to get one that does this, though not all will actually do it.
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The answer is nuanced. It can run workloads somewhat faster and cooler than Pi 4 without active cooling. But it also can't reach close to its peak performance without active cooling.
Your answer is more direct and uses fewer words. Can you help them fix their product page?
The actual info I'd rely upon at this point:
https://www.phoronix.com/benchmark/result/raspberry-pi-5-coo...
pi5 with active cooler is about 1.2-1.5x faster than pi5 without cooler for most workloads that care than without.
Pi5 with active cooler is about 2-2.5x faster than Pi4. So Pi5 without cooler is probably about 1.5x faster than pi4, depending upon workload. (And more than this for quick bursts where thermal mass wins).
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What do you mean with vague information? There is an entire blog post describing the product: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/
This is pretty bad: "Does Raspberry Pi 5 need active cooling? "Raspberry Pi 5 is faster and more powerful than prior-generation Raspberry Pis, and like most general-purpose computers, it will perform best with active cooling. The Raspberry Pi Case for Raspberry Pi 5, with its integrated fan, is one way to provide this." They pose a question themselves, and don't even answer it. Of course something will perform best w…
> "Raspberry Pi 5 has been designed to handle typical client workloads, uncased, with no active cooling".
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This is pretty bad: "Does Raspberry Pi 5 need active cooling? "Raspberry Pi 5 is faster and more powerful than prior-generation Raspberry Pis, and like most general-purpose computers, it will perform best with active cooling. The Raspberry Pi Case for Raspberry Pi 5, with its integrated fan, is one way to provide this." They pose a question themselves, and don't even answer it. Of course something will perform best w…
The answer is nuanced. It can run workloads somewhat faster and cooler than Pi 4 without active cooling. But it also can't reach close to its peak performance without active cooling.
I'm tired of information being vague, under-specified, or only available under NDA (if you're lucky). I'm not stupid enough to hop on this ride again. Are there any fully open (in terms of schematics, firmware) RISCV rpi-"compatibles" out there? I'd be happy to pay triple the price of this thing for a power-efficient linux-capable sbc that is open.
[1] Youtube Video on the RPi 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_QPM9xV_sw
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I think they answer your question in the PSU section “Raspberry Pi 5 consumes significantly less power, and runs significantly cooler, than Raspberry Pi 4 when running an identical workload.”
I think the question is actually: "can I safely (like it's not going to melt or catch fire) use the RPI5 under any load without active cooling) ?".
If you frequently work it really hard, it'll have larger temperature swings and may fail earlier, but it'll still probably last quite awhile. The failure is not likely to be catching on fire.
So a Raspberry Pi 27W USB-C Power Supply and they also showing an active cooler. Seems like this thing is running even hotter than the previous version. Btw am I the only one who hates to buy their power supply because the USB-C cable is not removable?
Probably that no one can blame them for burning or low power with third party cables.
Five generations in and it finally gets radical features such as: - a power button - a real time clock Crazy it took this long but finally, seriously. Downsides here are that it might need more active cooling whereas previous generations worked without it. Also, ugh: > Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires separate PoE+ HAT)
> Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires separate PoE+ HAT) isn't this just like the 4?
Arduino on the other hand, and them open sourcing the hardware means very cheap but less powerful SBCs from companies in China (and elsewhere). I hope to see something in a similar vein from them as they have the ecosystem and resources to mass produce very cheap boards, but the Pi itself is prohibitively expensive, and it looks like they cater to companies first and prioritise making a profit.