Libre Computer Alta vs Orange Pi 5 Plus

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$55*
$135*
RAM4GB8GB
SoC
Mali-G52 MP4
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
6 cores
4× Cortex-A73 @ 2.2GHz
2× Cortex-A53 @ 2.0GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

Legend

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Detailed Reviews

Read our comprehensive reviews from bret.dk featuring data and benchmarks from sbc.compare:

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Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
385
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
863
Multi-Core
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
1,246
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3,117

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
2,248 MIPS
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3,134 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
9,536 MIPS
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
16,584 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
21.68 GFLOPS
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
46.07 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
2.39 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2.93 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
477
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
1,483
Multi Core
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
2,331
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
6,908

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
1,434
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3,211

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
2.22 kH/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3.67 kH/s
Multi Core
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
12.72 kH/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
21.64 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
4,001.1 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
No Data
memset
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
4,818.2 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
No Data

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
883
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
1,337

GPU Performance

Graphics rendering performance using OpenGL and Vulkan

glmark2 (OpenGL)

Higher Scores are Better

1080p
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
731
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
No Data
4K
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
217
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
No Data

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
7.78 tok/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
9.47 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
1.05 tok/W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
0.87 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
0.14 tok/$
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
0.07 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
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
19 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
7.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
13 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
11.1 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Libre Computer eMMC (16GB eMMC), Orange Pi 32GB (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
30.6 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
33.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
45.2 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
49.8 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
993.3 MB/s
4K Random Write
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
738.6 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
940 Mbps
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2,353 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
940 Mbps
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2,352 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
1.9W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2.8W
Load Power
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
5.8W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
7.5W
Ollama Max
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
7.4W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
10.9W
Linpack Max
Libre Computer Alta (4GB)
9.1W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
15.7W

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