Radxa X4 vs Raspberry Pi 500+

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$350*
RAM8GB16GB
SoC
Intel® UHD Graphics
VideoCore VII
Architecturex86ARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz

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Detailed Reviews

Read our comprehensive reviews from bret.dk featuring data and benchmarks from sbc.compare:

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Radxa X4 (8GB)
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
892
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
2,121

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
3,356 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
11,979 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
35.15 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
2.66 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
1,646
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
4,884

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
2,384

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
3.86 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
15.43 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
1,432

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
10.26 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
0.88 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
0.05 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
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
21.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
14.9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Western Digital Black SN770M (500GB M.2 NVMe), Raspberry Pi 256GB (256GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,069.6 MB/s
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
301.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
267.4 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
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
937 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
941 Mbps
WiFi Up
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
45 Mbps
WiFi Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
140 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
3.3W
Load Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
6.6W
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
11.7W
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)
13.2W

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