Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W vs Radxa Dragon Q6A

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM512MB6GB
SoC
Qualcomm® Adreno 643
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.0GHz
8 cores
1× Cortex-A78 @ 2.7GHz
3× Cortex-A78 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.9GHz

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Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
1,180
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
3,215

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
808 MIPS
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
3,829 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
2,721 MIPS
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
17,401 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
38.66 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
3.83 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
260
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
1,310
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
833
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
5,300

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
152
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
3,525

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
0.96 kH/s
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
5.07 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
3.81 kH/s
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
26.25 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
1,871

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
8.82 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
1.18 tok/W

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 Zero 2 W (512MB)
10.8 MB/s
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
17.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
8.7 MB/s
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
13.9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
608.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
437.4 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - UFS

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa UFS (128GB UFS)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
475.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
254.9 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
941 Mbps
WiFi Up
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
22 Mbps
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
No Data
WiFi Down
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
18 Mbps
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
No Data

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
2.5W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
2.3W
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
6.4W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
7.5W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (512MB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
10.1W

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