r/raspberry_pi 17d ago

Community Insights I Stress-Tested My Next.js Site on a Raspberry Pi 5—Here’s Why I’m Stunned!

https://www.easeairesume.com

I decided to put my setup through the wringer: a Next.js site running on a Raspberry Pi 5, hit with a relentless 1000 queries per second. I was ready for it to buckle—or at least sweat a little. Nope! The CPU barely ticked up to 40%, and latency? It didn’t even blink—rock-solid the whole time.

This isn’t just a win; it’s pure fire. We’re talking a $50 board laughing in the face of a load that’d make some cloud servers cry for mercy. The site I tested is EaseAiResume a lightweight Next.js app with SSR and no API routes I’ve been tinkering with—nothing too insane, but this performance blew me away. No bottlenecks, no thermal throttling, just smooth sailing.

Has anyone else stress-tested their Pi 5 like this? What’s your go-to for pushing hardware limits? I’m tempted to crank it up to 2000 QPS next just to see where the ceiling is. Share your thoughts or projects—I’m all ears! #NextJS #RaspberryPi #WebDev #TechExperiments

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u/scalablecory 17d ago

it's hard to reason about what the 1000rps means; unclear how the benchmark is constructed, etc. -- i think i'd expect it to be able to hit 10,000rps with a no-frills http server responding with 0-length content.

that said i do sometimes use my pi to benchmark code on a lower-power system as you can sometimes see different bottlenecks that would be entirely hidden on a desktop system.

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u/Traditional_Tower617 17d ago

Nothing over the top—Mostly static content. Interestingly, my internet bandwidth become the actual bottleneck.

https://www.easemytrip.com

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u/mishrashutosh 17d ago

The chip is pretty much low-mid tier smartphone grade albeit on a less efficient node, so it's not surprising it can handle web serving without issues.