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Luckfox Aura

Luckfox Aura

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated

7-Zip

4,138 MIPS

multi-core combined

Price

$100.99

Performance Summary

The Luckfox Aura is an ARM single board computer built around the Rockchip RV1126B, pairing 4 CPU cores with 4GB of RAM in this configuration. In our testing it reached 4,138 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression.

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$100.99
RAM4GB
SoC
Rockchip NPU Engine (3 TOPS)
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.6GHz
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Price History

$100.99 at Luckfox, unchanged since 2 October 2026. Checked daily.

Out of stock at that pricePrices are before tax and shipping.

Every figure above comes from hardware run in-house by Bret Weber, on the exact OS build, kernel, firmware and boot device listed here. Boards are tested to a fixed procedure so results stay comparable between them: see our testing methodology for how each benchmark is run.

Luckfox Aura (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Luckfox Aura (4GB)1,190 MIPS #73 of 118
Luckfox Aura (4GB)4,138 MIPS #74 of 113

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Luckfox Aura (4GB)53 #118 of 118
Luckfox Aura (4GB)113 #109 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

Luckfox Aura (4GB)515 #70 of 95

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Luckfox Aura (4GB)1.42 kH/s #73 of 108
Luckfox Aura (4GB)5.67 kH/s #71 of 104

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

Luckfox Aura (4GB)2,277.6 MB/s #38 of 65
Luckfox Aura (4GB)10,523.8 MB/s #17 of 65

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

Luckfox Aura (4GB)517 #62 of 87

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Luckfox Aura (4GB)2.67 tok/s #50 of 66
Luckfox Aura (4GB)0.03 tok/$ #42 of 59

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
Luckfox Aura (4GB)8.8 MB/s
4K Random Write
Luckfox Aura (4GB)1.8 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Luckfox Aura (4GB)774 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Luckfox Aura (4GB)940 Mbps

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does the Luckfox Aura cost?

The Luckfox Aura sells for $100.99 at the official store (Luckfox) as of 11 October 2026 for the 4GB RAM configuration. The price has not changed since we began tracking it on 2 October 2026. Prices are in USD before tax and shipping.

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