Raspberry Pi 5 vs Radxa X4

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM2GB8GB
SoC
VideoCore VII
Intel® UHD Graphics
ArchitectureARMx86
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
Radxa X4 (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
890
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
1,901
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
3,334 MIPS
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
11,521 MIPS
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
28.18 GFLOPS
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
2.78 GFLOPS/W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
1,642
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
4,309
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
2,297
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
3.86 kH/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
15.42 kH/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
1,169
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
9.94 tok/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
1.07 tok/W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
0.18 tok/$
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$

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 (2GB)
22 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
14.9 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB M.2 NVMe), Western Digital Black SN770M (500GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
866.1 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,069.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
590.9 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
937 Mbps
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,350 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
941 Mbps
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
WiFi Up
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
254 Mbps
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
WiFi Down
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
204 Mbps
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
6.1W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
9.3W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
10.1W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W

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