Radxa X4 vs Radxa ROCK 5C

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Intel® UHD Graphics
Mali-G610 MP4
Architecturex86ARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

Legend

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa X4 (8GB)
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
834
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
2,962

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
3,026 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
15,681 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
34.42 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
2.1 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
1,351
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
6,295

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
2,989

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
3.58 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
21.07 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
1,286

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 ROCK 5C (4GB)
0.2 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
0.02 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Radxa ROCK 5C (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
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
14.3 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
10.7 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
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5C (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
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
2.4W
Load Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
7.4W
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
9.5W
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
16.4W

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