Radxa X4 vs Orange Pi 5 Pro

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB16GB
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)
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
803
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
3,018

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
2,559 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
15,828 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
48.27 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
2.76 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
1,061
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
5,301

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
3,150

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
3.63 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
21.41 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
1,079

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
9.1 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
0.78 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
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
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
7.2 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
7.7 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Orange Pi 32GB (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
33 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
50 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Western Digital Black SN770M (500GB M.2 NVMe), Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,069.6 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
391.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
390.3 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,350 Mbps
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
943 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
8.1W
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
13.2W
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Orange Pi 5 Pro (16GB)
17.5W

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