ArmSoM Sige7 vs Radxa ROCK 5B

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
865
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Multi-Core
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
3,139
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
3,159 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
16,212 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
40.22 GFLOPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
1.99 GFLOPS/W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
1,384
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
6,443
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
3,082
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
3.74 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
22.06 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
1,429
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
0.2 tok/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.21 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • ArmSoM Sige7 (64GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
35.7 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
53 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
842.2 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
588.2 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,352 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
2,359 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
5.4W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Load Power
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
10.1W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
12.1W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM Sige7 (8GB)
20.2W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W

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