Radxa X4 vs Radxa X4L

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$135*
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Intel® UHD Graphics
Intel® UHD Graphics
Architecturex86x86
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz

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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)
Radxa X4L (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 X4L (8GB)
1,257
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Radxa X4L (8GB)
3,357

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Radxa X4L (8GB)
3,691 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Radxa X4L (8GB)
13,573 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Radxa X4L (8GB)
31.02 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Radxa X4L (8GB)
1,599
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Radxa X4L (8GB)
4,948

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Radxa X4L (8GB)
6,020

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Radxa X4L (8GB)
7.14 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Radxa X4L (8GB)
30.45 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa X4L (8GB)
10,069.3 MB/s
memset
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa X4L (8GB)
9,565.8 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Radxa X4L (8GB)
2,314

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 X4L (8GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Western Digital Black SN770M (500GB M.2 NVMe), Lexar NM620 (256GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,069.6 MB/s
Radxa X4L (8GB)
453.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Radxa X4L (8GB)
540.4 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
Radxa X4L (8GB)
2,352 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Radxa X4L (8GB)
2,354 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data

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