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Orange Pi R1 LTS vs Radxa ROCK 5B

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Orange PiR1 LTS (1GB)R1 LTS (1GB) Product Page
RadxaROCK 5B (8GB)ROCK 5B (8GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$30*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**
$100*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**OFF
RAM1GB8GB
SoC
Rockchip RK3328
Mali-450
Rockchip RK3588
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.4GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Detailed Reviews

Read our comprehensive reviews from bret.dk featuring data and benchmarks from sbc.compare:

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Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Multi-Core
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
872 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
2,979 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
247
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Multi Core
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
392
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
1.08 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Multi Core
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
4.32 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
224
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.21 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 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 R1 LTS (1GB)
17.2 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
13.7 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
873 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,352 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
935 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Load Power
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
3.1W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Ollama Max
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Linpack Max
Orange Pi R1 LTS (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W

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