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Radxa Zero 3W 8GB

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price$92*
RAM8GB
SoC
Mali-G52 2EE
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
178
Multi-Core
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
486

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
1,164 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
4,030 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
7.16 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
1.75 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
334
Multi Core
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
1,131

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
1.37 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
5.4 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
2,332.5 MB/s
memset
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
5,641.8 MB/s

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
2.62 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
0.71 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
0.03 tok/$

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - microSD

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 32GB (32GB microSD)

4K Random Read
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
29.9 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
28.5 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa Zero 3W (64GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
30.8 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
29.3 MB/s

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
0.9W
Load Power
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
2.6W
Ollama Max
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
3.5W
Linpack Max
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
3.9W