Radxa ROCK 5 ITX vs Orange Pi RV2

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMRISC-V
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
8 cores
8× ky-x60 @ 1.6GHz

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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 ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
767
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
118
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,969
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
523

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,622 MIPS
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
972 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
15,568 MIPS
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
6,820 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
43.85 GFLOPS
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
7.21 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
0.78 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
1,075
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
348
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
5,300
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
2,161

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
3,191
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
3.73 kH/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
21.68 kH/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
4,300.1 MB/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
3,169.3 MB/s
memset
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
6,314 MB/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
7,663.2 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
1,056
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
9.15 tok/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
0.62 tok/W
Orange Pi RV2 (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 ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
8.5 MB/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
19.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
9.5 MB/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
13.8 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (32GB eMMC), Orange Pi 32GB (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
67.6 MB/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
27.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
19.4 MB/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
33.6 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
639.6 MB/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
145.9 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
471.3 MB/s
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
84.1 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,349 Mbps
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
943 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,360 Mbps
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
2W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
11.5W
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
5.2W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
16.2W
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
20.2W
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
9.2W

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