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Raspberry Pi 5 + AI HAT+ (Hailo-8)

Curated Aggregate·2024-06-103 workloads · 5 records
MyAI RatingNot scoredInsufficient comparison evidence

VRAM

8 GB

TDP

12 W

MSRP

$150

Perf/W

0.35 x RT/W

Cost/1K tok

$0.38/M

Tested

2024-06-10

Quick answer

How fast is Raspberry Pi 5 + AI HAT+ (Hailo-8) for local AI workloads?

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI HAT+ (Hailo-8) has a source-attributed result of 0.6 x RT on Whisper transcription (batch 1, 0-token context, INT8; runtime not documented). This is a reference report, not an independently verified lab result. A 70B Q4_K_M artifact needs roughly 40GB for weights alone; smaller memory configurations require explicit offload or model splitting and do not establish full-GPU residency.

Source: MyAIHardware benchmark database (bench-pi5-aihat-whisper)As of 2025-08-10

Verdict

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI HAT+ (Hailo-8) with 8GB VRAM at 12W TDP, scored across 3 workloads with 5 benchmark records.

Reference workload

Whisper transcription

0.6 x RT

Quantization

INT8

· batch 1

LLM Inference Performance

02468Phi-3 MiniLlama 3 8BQ4

Benchmarks (3 workloads)

WorkloadScoreQuantContextσStatusTested
Phi-3 Mini

llm

6.0tok/sINT84K, Curated Aggregate2024-12-12
Whisper transcription

audio

0.6x RTINT8, , Curated Aggregate2025-08-10
Llama 3 8B Q4

llm

1.2tok/sINT81K, Curated Aggregate2024-09-26

MyAI Score: not scored

There is insufficient comparable evidence to score Raspberry Pi 5 + AI HAT+ (Hailo-8). A score needs results for multiple devices with matching workload, runtime version, quantization, context and batch size.

Workload Fit

Planning estimates for 8GB: weights plus at least 2GB or 10% overhead. Actual KV cache depends on model, context and cache format; confirm the artifact before buying.

Q4
Q8
FP16
7-8B
Good
Won't fit
Won't fit
13-14B
Won't fit
Won't fit
Won't fit
32B
Won't fit
Won't fit
Won't fit
70B
Won't fit
Won't fit
Won't fit
Reported batch-one examples
Whisper transcription1 x RT
Phi-3 Mini6 tok/s
Llama 3 8B Q41 tok/s

Source

whisper.cpp + Hailo-8 — Whisper-base recommended for real-time.

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Public Trust Layer

Trust score

6/10

MyAI rating

Not scored

Runs

Not documented

Freshness

Stale

Source-linked row with explicit verification status.

Record date: 2025-08-10; 395 days old.

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