diff --git a/selfdrive/clearpilot/dashcamd b/selfdrive/clearpilot/dashcamd
index 8c325a7..654c3f4 100755
Binary files a/selfdrive/clearpilot/dashcamd and b/selfdrive/clearpilot/dashcamd differ
diff --git a/selfdrive/clearpilot/dashcamd.cc b/selfdrive/clearpilot/dashcamd.cc
index fb45f8d..e43f437 100644
--- a/selfdrive/clearpilot/dashcamd.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/clearpilot/dashcamd.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <string>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <sched.h>
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
@@ -121,6 +123,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   signal(SIGABRT, crash_handler);
   setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, -10);
 
+  // CLEARPILOT: pin to cores 0-3 (little cluster). Avoids cache/memory-bandwidth
+  // contention with the RT-pinned processes on the big cluster:
+  //   core 4 = controlsd, core 5 = plannerd/radard, core 7 = modeld.
+  // OMX offloads actual H.264 work to hardware, so the main thread just copies
+  // frames and muxes MP4 — fine on the little cluster.
+  cpu_set_t mask;
+  CPU_ZERO(&mask);
+  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) CPU_SET(i, &mask);
+  if (sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(mask), &mask) != 0) {
+    LOGW("dashcamd: sched_setaffinity failed (%d), continuing unpinned", errno);
+  } else {
+    LOGW("dashcamd: pinned to cores 0-3");
+  }
+
   // Ensure base output directory exists
   mkdir(VIDEOS_BASE.c_str(), 0755);