ArmSoM Sige5 vs Radxa X4

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Mali-G52 MC3
Intel® UHD Graphics
ArchitectureARMx86
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 2.2GHz
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz

Legend

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Detailed Reviews

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ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
Radxa X4 (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
332
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Multi-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,440
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,796 MIPS
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
11,391 MIPS
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
22.61 GFLOPS
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.61 GFLOPS/W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
492
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3,252
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2,189
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.7 kH/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
17.73 kH/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
5,661.6 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
memset
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
16,885.8 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,004
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.22 tok/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1.01 tok/W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
0.07 tok/$
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 tok/$

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • ArmSoM Sige5 (64GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
50.5 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
76.8 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB M.2 NVMe), Western Digital Black SN770M (500GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
375.5 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,069.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
307.6 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
938 Mbps
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,350 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
939 Mbps
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
Load Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
6.1W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.6W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.7W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W

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