Radxa ROCK 5 ITX vs Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
VideoCore VII
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (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
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
902
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,969
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
2,166

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,622 MIPS
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
3,336 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
15,568 MIPS
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
12,049 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
43.85 GFLOPS
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
34.4 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
3.16 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
1,075
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
1,643
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
5,300
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
4,741

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
3,191
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
2,389

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
3.73 kH/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
3.86 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
21.68 kH/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
15.42 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
4,300.1 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
6,186.8 MB/s
memset
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
6,314 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
10,095 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
1,056
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
1,276

GPU Performance

Graphics rendering performance using OpenGL and Vulkan

glmark2 (OpenGL)

Higher Scores are Better

1080p
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
648
4K
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
157

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
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
9.6 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
0.62 tok/W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
1.04 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
0.13 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 ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
8.5 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
9.5 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (32GB eMMC), Raspberry Pi CM5 (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
67.6 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
67.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
19.4 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
72 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
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
866.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
471.3 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
587.4 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
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
937 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,360 Mbps
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
11.5W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
6.2W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
16.2W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
9.2W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
20.2W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (4GB)
10.9W

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