[kwlug-disc] Raspberry Pi temperature

Ron Singh ronsingh149 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 16 17:50:08 EDT 2021


Likely the clock speeds, faster clocks consume more juice usually, unless
the working voltage is significantly lower.
See this comparison, the clock diff between pi2 and pi3 is significant.

https://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/raspberrypi-models-comparison

Thanks,

Ron S.



On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 5:36 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> The plot thickens ...
>
> I have a third old Pi2 B+ as well. It has aluminum heat sinks on the CPU
> and RAM.
>
> Then, I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on it, and guess what: the temperature
> is 37.9C.
>
> I understand that the Pi4 would be cooler because it has a fan, but why
> does the
> Pi3 B+ with the same distro be at 51C, with a copper heat sink, while the
> Pi2 is at
> 38C?
>
>
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