Radxa Zero 3E vs Orange Pi Zero 3

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM1GB4GB
SoC
Mali-G52 2EE
Mali-G31 MP2
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz

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Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
146
Multi-Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
433

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1,107 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
1,092 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
4,465 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
3,784 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
10.81 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.74 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
302
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
372
Multi Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1,155
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
1,310

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
670
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
472

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1.61 kH/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
1.38 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
6.45 kH/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
5.51 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
440
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
418

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.35 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
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
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
7.8 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
6.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
3.8 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
8.3 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
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
808 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
941 Mbps
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
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
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.2W
Ollama Max
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.6W
Linpack Max
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
3.9W

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