Radxa X4 vs Banana Pi CM4

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Intel® UHD Graphics
Mali-G52 MP4
Architecturex86ARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz
6 cores
4× Cortex-A73 @ 2.2GHz
2× Cortex-A53 @ 2.0GHz

Legend

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa X4 (8GB)
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
415
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
1,293

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
2,425 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
9,839 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
21.24 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
2.15 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
970
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
3,607

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
1,466

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
2.42 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
13.46 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
5,068.4 MB/s
memset
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
9,224.8 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
988

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
1.35 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
0.18 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
0.01 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
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
11.9 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
9.6 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Banana Pi CM4 (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
30.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
44.6 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
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
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
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
939 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
5.9W
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
7.7W
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Banana Pi CM4 (4GB)
9.9W

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