It turns out, you can attach an external GPU to a Raspberry Pi 5. So my natural first question is, can I game on it? Let’s try it out and compare it with some similar computers.
For the showdown of crappy gaming computers, we’ll see which of these handles gaming best:
CPU: 4-core Intel N150 @ 3.6GHz
4-core Intel N150 @ 3.6GHz RAM: 16GB DDR4
16GB DDR4 PCIe: M.2 Gen3 x4
More powerful than the Raspberry Pi 5, but at a similar price point. It also has a potential advantage for running games, since it’s not ARM-based.
In the photo, you can see the default configuration (SSD in the fast PCIe slot). For this experiment, I’ll move it into the slower (x1) slot and plug the eGPU into the faster (x4) slot.
CPU: 8-core RK3588 (4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz + 4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz)
8-core RK3588 (4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz + 4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz) RAM: 16GB DDR4
16GB DDR4 PCIe: M.2 Gen3 x4
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