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@jripley Yes, a BF2/3 is basically a rpi4 or 5 glued to a cx4 NIC, with power use higher than both of those. However, I don't think it's fair to compare an old bluefield with a modern x86 host. The newer incarnations have Neoverse V2 cores which should be just as (if not more) efficient than current x86. There's a reason most hyperscalers use a variant of this tech for their clouds, and they're extremely sensitive to power OPEX.