Radxa Zero 3E vs Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4)

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM1GB2GB
SoC
Mali-G52 2EE
VideoCore VI
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 1.5GHz

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Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
255
Multi-Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
609

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1,107 MIPS
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
1,522 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
4,465 MIPS
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
5,170 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
12.46 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
2.22 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
302
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
493
Multi Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1,155
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
1,528

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
670
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
518

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1.61 kH/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
1.89 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
6.45 kH/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
7.54 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
2,847.4 MB/s
memset
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
3,182.1 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
440
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
625

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
3.46 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
0.72 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
0.06 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 Zero 3E (1GB)
7.8 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
3.8 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi CM4 (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
26.3 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
38.8 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
245.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
153.6 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
942 Mbps
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
941 Mbps
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
3.2W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
4.2W
Ollama Max
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
4.8W
Linpack Max
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
5.6W

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