Benchmarking the Raspberry Pi 3 A+

UPDATE: The Raspberry Pi family has a new member, the Raspberry Pi 4 — which means it’s time for another benchmark run!

Back in March, the release of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ — the Pi 3 B+ to its friends — brought a chance to take stock and review just how far the project had come since its launch via a series of benchmarks. Now the launch of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ brings a bold claim: a dramatic drop in size, weight, and price over the Pi 3 B+, but without any loss in performance.

In other words: it’s benchmark time once again.

Specifications

SoC: Broadcom BCM2837B0 quad-core A53 (ARMv8) 64-bit @ 1.4GHz
GPU: Broadcom Videocore-IV
RAM: 512MB LPDDR2 SDRAM
Networking: 2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.2, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Storage: MicroSD
GPIO: 40-pin GPIO header, populated
Ports: HDMI, 3.5mm analogue audio-video jack, 1x USB 2.0, Camera Serial Interface (CSI), Display Serial Interface (DSI)
Dimensions: 67mm x 56mm x 11.5mm, 29g

It’s not hard to see where the design of the Pi 3 A+ differs from the Pi 3 B+: its smaller form factor…