Radxa X4 vs Radxa CM5 Lite

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price$119*
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Intel® UHD Graphics
Architecturex86ARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz
6 cores

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa X4 (8GB)
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
875
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
2,269

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
3,187 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
11,639 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
25.34 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
2.19 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
1,100
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
3,646

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
2,091

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
3.84 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
14.65 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
11,944.4 MB/s
memset
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
28,254.3 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
1,405

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
10.08 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
1.09 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
0.08 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
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
8.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
10.3 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa CM5 Lite (64GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
100.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
18.4 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Western Digital Black SN770M (500GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,069.6 MB/s
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,350 Mbps
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
2.4W
Load Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
6.7W
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
9.3W
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
11.4W

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