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Orange Pi RV2 vs Orange Pi Zero 3

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Orange PiRV2 (4GB)RV2 (4GB) Product Page
Orange PiZero 3 (4GB)Zero 3 (4GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$46*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**
$40*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**
RAM4GB4GB
SoC
Ky X1
Allwinner H618
Mali-G31 MP2
ArchitectureRISC-VARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
8× ky-x60 @ 1.6GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz

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Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
118
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
146
Multi-Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
523
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
433

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
972 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
1,092 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
6,820 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
3,784 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
7.21 GFLOPS
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
10.81 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
0.78 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.74 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
348
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
372
Multi Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
2,161
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
1,310

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
472

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
1.38 kH/s
Multi Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
5.51 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
3,169.3 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data
memset
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
7,663.2 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
418

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.35 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
0.9 tok/W

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
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
19.5 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
6.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
13.8 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
8.3 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Orange Pi 32GB (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
27.4 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
33.6 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
145.9 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
84.1 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
943 Mbps
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
808 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
941 Mbps
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
2W
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data
Load Power
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
5.2W
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.2W
Ollama Max
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.6W
Linpack Max
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
9.2W
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
3.9W

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