Massive performance boost: Raspberry Pi processor can be overclocked extremely well

The Raspberry Pi Foundation offers various single-board computers as well as microcontrollers. The RP2350 is a further development of the RP2040, but its computing performance needs to be put in context. Compared with a modern processor from AMD or Intel, it is a very slow chipset. It is not designed to run full-fledged desktop operating systems or even games, or in most cases even to provide video output. Instead, it's meant to control external sensors and actuators.

That being said, Liliputing now reports that the RP2350 can apparently be overclocked quite well and by a factor that would be more or less unimaginable for desktop CPUs. The official clock speed is 150MHz, but over 500MHz appears to be possible without any additional cooling. With additional cooling and the voltage increased to 1.9 V, the Raspberry Pi processor can even exceed 600MHz.

If the voltage of the RP2350 that powers the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 is increased to 3.05 V, clock speeds above 800MHz are possible, which corresponds to an overclock of more than 5x. Whether it makes sense to run the processor at such an extreme overclock for extended periods of time is questionable. More wear and therefore a shorter lifespan are to be expected, and that would likely be even more pronounced at higher core temperatures if the cooling isn't upgraded.