Hero image of a Raspberry Pi 5 alongside an RTX 5090

RTX 5090 + Raspberry Pi: Can it Game?

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: Beelink MINI-S13 CPU: 4-core Intel N150 @ 3.6GHz RAM: 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. ...

January 8, 2026