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Raspberry Pi 5 vs Orange Pi 5B vs Radxa ROCK 5B

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Raspberry Pi5 (8GB)5 (8GB) Product Page
Orange Pi5B (4GB)5B (4GB) Product Page
RadxaROCK 5B (8GB)ROCK 5B (8GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$95*
AmazonAMZ**OFF
$75*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**
$100*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**OFF
RAM8GB4GB8GB
SoC
Broadcom BCM2712
VideoCore VII
Rockchip RK3588S
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Rockchip RK3588
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

Legend

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Detailed Reviews

Read our comprehensive reviews from bret.dk featuring data and benchmarks from sbc.compare:

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Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
902
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
866
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
2,188
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
3,056
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3,334 MIPS
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
3,149 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
12,000 MIPS
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
16,402 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
36.6 GFLOPS
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
38.2 GFLOPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3.16 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
2.5 GFLOPS/W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1,654
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
1,171
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
4,920
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
5,454
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
2,394
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
3,162
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3.86 kH/s
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
4.39 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
15.43 kH/s
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
24.7 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
10,294.6 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
memset
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
28,293.7 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1,374
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
1,235
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
12.02 tok/s
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
9.18 tok/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.21 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1.24 tok/W
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
0.88 tok/W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
0.13 tok/$
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
0.12 tok/$
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - microSD

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB microSD)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
22 MB/s
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
8.4 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
15.1 MB/s
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
10.8 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Orange Pi 5B (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
27.9 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
32.3 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
866.5 MB/s
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
590.6 MB/s
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
937 Mbps
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
942 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,352 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
941 Mbps
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
941 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
6.5W
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
6.9W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
10.8W
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
10.4W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
11.6W
Orange Pi 5B (4GB)
15.3W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W

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