Radxa Zero 3E vs Banana Pi M2S (S922X)

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$67*
RAM1GB4GB
SoC
Mali-G52 2EE
Mali-G52 MP6
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
6 cores
4× Cortex-A73 @ 1.8GHz
2× Cortex-A53 @ 1.9GHz

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Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (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
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
416
Multi-Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1,283

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1,107 MIPS
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
2,400 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
4,465 MIPS
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
9,678 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
20.94 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
2.09 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
302
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
970
Multi Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1,155
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
3,608

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
670
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1,509

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1.61 kH/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
2.42 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
6.45 kH/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
13.53 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
5,050.5 MB/s
memset
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
7,588.9 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
440
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1,028

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
0.24 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
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
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
7.8 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
12 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
3.8 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
9.7 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

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

4K Random Read
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
30.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
46.3 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
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
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
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1.7W
Load Power
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
3.2W
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
6.2W
Ollama Max
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
7.7W
Linpack Max
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
10W

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