DietPi OS stats & comparison

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.

Commands to derive data

You may also run our comparison script to test and print the values right on your system.

StatCommand
Disk usagefindmnt -no USED / # + /boot + /boot/efi
RAM usagefree -th | mawk '/^Total:/{print $3}'
Pre-installed packagesdpkg --get-selections | wc -l
Running processesecho $(( $(pstree -Ta | wc -l) - 3 ))
Boot durationsystemd-analyze | mawk '{print $(NF-1)" "$NF;exit}'
Temporary files in RAMfindmnt -no FSTYPE /tmp
Logs in RAMfindmnt -no FSTYPE /var/log
SSH pre-installedss -tulpn | grep ':22'

DietPi vs Raspberry Pi OS Lite (32-bit)

on Raspberry Pi 2
StatDietPiDietPi/Raspberry Pi OS [%]Raspberry Pi OS
RAM usage26Mi72%36Mi
Running processes1050%20
Disk usage596.2M49%1.2G
Pre-installed packages22347%475
Boot duration17.881s73%24.553s
Temporary files in RAMYesNo
Logs in RAMYesNo
SSH pre-installedYesOptional
Download size174.950.885 bytes38%463.405.209 bytes
Image size1.071.456.256 bytes57%1.866.465.280 bytes
Build date2021-03-252021-01-11

DietPi vs Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit)

on Raspberry Pi 4
StatDietPiDietPi/Raspberry Pi OS [%]Raspberry Pi OS
RAM usage42Mi58%74Mi
Running processes1139%28
Disk usage531 MiB41%1292 MiB
Pre-installed packages22849%461
Boot duration14.856s73%18.560s
Temporary files in RAMYesNo
Logs in RAMYesNo
SSH pre-installedYesOptional
Download size135.621.217 bytes33%405.826.358 bytes
Image size889.331.712 bytes49%1.816.133.632 bytes
Build date2021-04-222021-05-07

DietPi vs Armbian (server image)

on NanoPi R2S
StatDietPiDietPi/Armbian [%]Armbian
RAM usage60Mi63%96Mi
Running processes1144%25
Disk usage580 MiB42%1379 MiB
Pre-installed packages22548%466
Boot duration16.732s95%17.546s
Temporary files in RAMYesYes
Logs in RAMYesNo
SSH pre-installedYesYes
Download size132.148.481 bytes34%389.250.660 bytes
Image size800.428.032 bytes42%1.883.242.496 bytes
Build date2021-04-022021-05-07

DietPi vs Armbian (server image)

on Odroid C4
StatDietPiDietPi/Armbian [%]Armbian
RAM usage129Mi65%198Mi
Running processes1234%35
Disk usage521.9M36%1.4G
Pre-installed packages21646%466
Boot duration16.528s108%15.342s
Temporary files in RAMYesYes
Logs in RAMYesNo
SSH pre-installedYesYes
Download size161.822.824 bytes44%364.990.872 bytes
Image size1.148.600.320 bytes67%1.702.887.424 bytes
Build date2021-01-082021-05-07

DietPi vs Armbian (server image)

on NanoPi NEO3
StatDietPiDietPi/Armbian [%]Armbian
RAM usage59Mi60%98Mi
Running processes1142%26
Disk usage575 MiB40%1432 MiB
Pre-installed packages21446%466
Boot duration16.364s86%18.966s
Temporary files in RAMYesYes
Logs in RAMYesNo
SSH pre-installedYesYes
Download size136.345.663 bytes35%385.147.832 bytes
Image size795.869.184 bytes42%1 883 242 496 bytes
Build date2020-08-292021-05-07

DietPi vs Debian (server image)

on Odroid C4
StatDietPiDietPi/Debian [%]Debian
RAM usage129Mi96%134Mi
Running processes1267%18
Disk usage521.9M71%725.4M
Pre-installed packages21694%231
Boot duration16.528s24%1min 8.115s
Temporary files in RAMYesNo
Logs in RAMYesNo
SSH pre-installedYesYes
Download size161.822.824 bytes135%119.896.092 bytes
Image size1.148.600.320 bytes107%1.074.790.400 bytes
Build date2021-01-082021-05-06

DietPi vs Debian (server image)

on x86_64 PC
StatDietPiDietPi/Debian [%]Debian
RAM usage112Mi103%109Mi
Running processes1381%16
Disk usage755.2M67%1.1G
Pre-installed packages23772%328
Boot duration11.569s374%3.090s
Temporary files in RAMYesNo
Logs in RAMYesNo
SSH pre-installedYesYes
Download size608.374.862 bytes135%353.370.112 bytes
Build date2020-09-172021-03-19