Jeff Geerling 12/20/2025

Big GPUs don't need big PCs

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This article investigates the practical utility of connecting high-performance GPUs to a Raspberry Pi 5 via a limited PCIe lane. It benchmarks media transcoding, graphics rendering, AI/LLM inference, and multi-GPU setups against a modern desktop, finding the Pi can deliver close to peak performance with significant cost and power efficiency advantages.

Big GPUs don't need big PCs

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