Radxa X4 vs Radxa NX5

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Radxa
NX5 (8GB)
Basic Specifications
Price$135*
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Intel® UHD Graphics
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Architecturex86ARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa X4 (8GB)
Radxa NX5 (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 NX5 (8GB)
851
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
3,090

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
3,136 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
16,624 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
43.49 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
2.29 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
971
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
4,822

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
3,171

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
3.61 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
21.41 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
11,891.9 MB/s
memset
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
27,800.7 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
1,376

GPU Performance

Graphics rendering performance using OpenGL and Vulkan

glmark2 (OpenGL)

Higher Scores are Better

1080p
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
1,152
4K
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
535

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 NX5 (8GB)
10.7 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
0.82 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Radxa NX5 (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 NX5 (8GB)
8.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
9.5 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa NX5 (64GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
100.3 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
18.2 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 NX5 (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Radxa NX5 (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 NX5 (8GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
940 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
3.6W
Load Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
10.9W
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
15.3W
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
18.8W

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