Raspberry Pi OS Updated to Linux 6.18 LTS Kernel, Benchmarks Show Performance Gains
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An updated Raspberry Pi OS has been released, moving from Linux 6.12 LTS to Linux 6.18 LTS along with other package updates. Benchmarks were run on the Raspberry Pi 5 (Raspberry Pi 500+ 16GB) comparing the prior release (2026-04-13) to the latest (2026-06-18) to measure performance differences from the kernel upgrade.
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· 3 pulledLast week marked the release of an updated Raspberry Pi OS that moved to Linux 6.18 LTS from its former Linux 6.12 kernel base along with making a number of other package updates.
Given the jump to the newer Long Term Support kernel and other improvements, I ran some fresh benchmarks on the Raspberry Pi 5 (Raspberry Pi 500+) to see the performance difference out of the updated operating system.
Using the Raspberry Pi 500+ 16GB computer, I compared the performance of the prior release (2026-04-13) to the latest Raspberry Pi OS release (2026-06-18).
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