Orange Pi RV2 vs Banana Pi M2S (S922X)

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$67*
RAM4GB4GB
SoC
Mali-G52 MP6
ArchitectureRISC-VARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
8× ky-x60 @ 1.6GHz
6 cores
4× Cortex-A73 @ 1.8GHz
2× Cortex-A53 @ 1.9GHz

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Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
118
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
416
Multi-Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
523
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1,283

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
972 MIPS
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
2,400 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
6,820 MIPS
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
9,678 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
7.21 GFLOPS
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
20.94 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
0.78 GFLOPS/W
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
2.09 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
348
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
970
Multi Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
2,161
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
3,608

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1,509

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
2.42 kH/s
Multi Core
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
13.53 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
3,169.3 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
5,050.5 MB/s
memset
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
7,663.2 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
7,588.9 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1,028

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
0.24 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
0.03 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
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
12 MB/s
4K Random Write
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
13.8 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
9.7 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Orange Pi 32GB (32GB eMMC), Banana Pi M2S (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
27.4 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
30.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
33.6 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
46.3 MB/s

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
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
84.1 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (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
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
941 Mbps
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (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
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1.7W
Load Power
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
5.2W
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
6.2W
Ollama Max
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
7.7W
Linpack Max
Orange Pi RV2 (4GB)
9.2W
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
10W

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