See resource usage and performance stats of DietPi images, and compare those against other Debian-based distributions.
Further details about the compared values can be found in our blog post.
You may also run our comparison script to test and print the values right on your system.
Stat | Command |
---|---|
Disk usage | findmnt -no USED / # + /boot + /boot/efi |
RAM usage | free -th | mawk '/^Total:/{print $3}' |
Pre-installed packages | dpkg --get-selections | wc -l |
Running processes | echo $(( $(pstree -Ta | wc -l) - 3 )) |
Boot duration | systemd-analyze | mawk '{print $(NF-1)" "$NF;exit}' |
Temporary files in RAM | findmnt -no FSTYPE /tmp |
Logs in RAM | findmnt -no FSTYPE /var/log |
SSH pre-installed | ss -tulpn | grep ':22' |
Stat | DietPi | DietPi/Raspberry Pi OS [%] | Raspberry Pi OS |
---|---|---|---|
RAM usage | 26Mi | 72% | 36Mi |
Running processes | 10 | 50% | 20 |
Disk usage | 596.2M | 49% | 1.2G |
Pre-installed packages | 223 | 47% | 475 |
Boot duration | 17.881s | 73% | 24.553s |
Temporary files in RAM | Yes | No | |
Logs in RAM | Yes | No | |
SSH pre-installed | Yes | Optional | |
Download size | 174.950.885 bytes | 38% | 463.405.209 bytes |
Image size | 1.071.456.256 bytes | 57% | 1.866.465.280 bytes |
Build date | 2021-03-25 | 2021-01-11 |
Stat | DietPi | DietPi/Raspberry Pi OS [%] | Raspberry Pi OS |
---|---|---|---|
RAM usage | 42Mi | 58% | 74Mi |
Running processes | 11 | 39% | 28 |
Disk usage | 531 MiB | 41% | 1292 MiB |
Pre-installed packages | 228 | 49% | 461 |
Boot duration | 14.856s | 73% | 18.560s |
Temporary files in RAM | Yes | No | |
Logs in RAM | Yes | No | |
SSH pre-installed | Yes | Optional | |
Download size | 135.621.217 bytes | 33% | 405.826.358 bytes |
Image size | 889.331.712 bytes | 49% | 1.816.133.632 bytes |
Build date | 2021-04-22 | 2021-05-07 |
Stat | DietPi | DietPi/Armbian [%] | Armbian |
---|---|---|---|
RAM usage | 60Mi | 63% | 96Mi |
Running processes | 11 | 44% | 25 |
Disk usage | 580 MiB | 42% | 1379 MiB |
Pre-installed packages | 225 | 48% | 466 |
Boot duration | 16.732s | 95% | 17.546s |
Temporary files in RAM | Yes | Yes | |
Logs in RAM | Yes | No | |
SSH pre-installed | Yes | Yes | |
Download size | 132.148.481 bytes | 34% | 389.250.660 bytes |
Image size | 800.428.032 bytes | 42% | 1.883.242.496 bytes |
Build date | 2021-04-02 | 2021-05-07 |
Stat | DietPi | DietPi/Armbian [%] | Armbian |
---|---|---|---|
RAM usage | 129Mi | 65% | 198Mi |
Running processes | 12 | 34% | 35 |
Disk usage | 521.9M | 36% | 1.4G |
Pre-installed packages | 216 | 46% | 466 |
Boot duration | 16.528s | 108% | 15.342s |
Temporary files in RAM | Yes | Yes | |
Logs in RAM | Yes | No | |
SSH pre-installed | Yes | Yes | |
Download size | 161.822.824 bytes | 44% | 364.990.872 bytes |
Image size | 1.148.600.320 bytes | 67% | 1.702.887.424 bytes |
Build date | 2021-01-08 | 2021-05-07 |
Stat | DietPi | DietPi/Armbian [%] | Armbian |
---|---|---|---|
RAM usage | 59Mi | 60% | 98Mi |
Running processes | 11 | 42% | 26 |
Disk usage | 575 MiB | 40% | 1432 MiB |
Pre-installed packages | 214 | 46% | 466 |
Boot duration | 16.364s | 86% | 18.966s |
Temporary files in RAM | Yes | Yes | |
Logs in RAM | Yes | No | |
SSH pre-installed | Yes | Yes | |
Download size | 136.345.663 bytes | 35% | 385.147.832 bytes |
Image size | 795.869.184 bytes | 42% | 1 883 242 496 bytes |
Build date | 2020-08-29 | 2021-05-07 |
Stat | DietPi | DietPi/Debian [%] | Debian |
---|---|---|---|
RAM usage | 129Mi | 96% | 134Mi |
Running processes | 12 | 67% | 18 |
Disk usage | 521.9M | 71% | 725.4M |
Pre-installed packages | 216 | 94% | 231 |
Boot duration | 16.528s | 24% | 1min 8.115s |
Temporary files in RAM | Yes | No | |
Logs in RAM | Yes | No | |
SSH pre-installed | Yes | Yes | |
Download size | 161.822.824 bytes | 135% | 119.896.092 bytes |
Image size | 1.148.600.320 bytes | 107% | 1.074.790.400 bytes |
Build date | 2021-01-08 | 2021-05-06 |
Stat | DietPi | DietPi/Debian [%] | Debian |
---|---|---|---|
RAM usage | 112Mi | 103% | 109Mi |
Running processes | 13 | 81% | 16 |
Disk usage | 755.2M | 67% | 1.1G |
Pre-installed packages | 237 | 72% | 328 |
Boot duration | 11.569s | 374% | 3.090s |
Temporary files in RAM | Yes | No | |
Logs in RAM | Yes | No | |
SSH pre-installed | Yes | Yes | |
Download size | 608.374.862 bytes | 135% | 353.370.112 bytes |
Build date | 2020-09-17 | 2021-03-19 |