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Radxa X4 vs Banana Pi M4 Zero

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
RadxaX4 (8GB)X4 (8GB) Product Page
Banana PiM4 Zero (4GB)M4 Zero (4GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$80*
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$32*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**OFF
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Intel N100
Intel® UHD Graphics
Allwinner H618
Mali-G31 MP2
Architecturex86ARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz

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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)
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
145
Multi-Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
429

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
1,105 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
3,785 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
10.68 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
2.64 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
360
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
1,261

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
476

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
1.37 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
5.45 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
1,404.4 MB/s
memset
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
5,846.3 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
418

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
2.44 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
0.9 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
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
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
6.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
8.5 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Banana Pi M4 Zero (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
18.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
13.8 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
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s
Banana Pi M4 Zero (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
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
No Data
Ethernet Down
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
No Data

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
1.2W
Load Power
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
2.1W
Ollama Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
2.7W
Linpack Max
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
4W

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