Radxa X4 vs Milk-V Mars

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Intel® UHD Graphics
Imagination BXE-4-32
Architecturex86RISC-V
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz
4 cores
4× SiFive U74 @ 1.5GHz

Legend

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Key performance metric
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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa X4 (8GB)
Milk-V Mars (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
74
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
221

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
1,181 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
3,964 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
3.19 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
0.69 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
411
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
1,524

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data

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
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
11.9 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
8.3 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa eMMC (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
19.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
25.6 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
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Milk-V Mars (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
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Milk-V Mars (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
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
4W
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Milk-V Mars (4GB)
4.6W

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