Raspberry Pi 5 vs Milk-V Mars

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
VideoCore VII
Imagination BXE-4-32
ArchitectureARMRISC-V
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4 cores
4× SiFive U74 @ 1.5GHz

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)
Milk-V Mars (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
902
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
74
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
2,188
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
221

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3,334 MIPS
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
1,181 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
12,000 MIPS
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
3,964 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
36.6 GFLOPS
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
3.19 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3.16 GFLOPS/W
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
0.69 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1,654
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
411
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
4,920
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
1,524

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
2,394
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
3.86 kH/s
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
15.43 kH/s
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1,374
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data

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
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
1.24 tok/W
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
0.13 tok/$
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
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
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
11.9 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
15.1 MB/s
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
8.3 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa eMMC (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
19.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
No Data
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
25.6 MB/s

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
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
590.6 MB/s
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
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
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
941 Mbps
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
6.5W
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
4W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
10.8W
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
11.6W
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
4.6W

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