ArmSoM Sige5 vs Radxa ROCK 5 ITX

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Mali-G52 MC3
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 2.2GHz
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

Legend

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Detailed Reviews

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ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
332
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
767
Multi-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,440
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,969

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,796 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,622 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
11,391 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
15,568 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
22.61 GFLOPS
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
43.85 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.61 GFLOPS/W
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
492
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
1,075
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3,252
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
5,300

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2,189
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
3,191

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.7 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
3.73 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
17.73 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
21.68 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
5,661.6 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
4,300.1 MB/s
memset
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
16,885.8 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
6,314 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,004
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
1,056

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 ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
9.15 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1.01 tok/W
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
0.62 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
0.07 tok/$
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
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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
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
8.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
9.5 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • ArmSoM Sige5 (64GB eMMC), Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
50.5 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
67.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
76.8 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
19.4 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
375.5 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
639.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
307.6 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
471.3 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 ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,349 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
939 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
2,360 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3W
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
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Load Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
6.1W
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
11.5W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.6W
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
16.2W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.7W
Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)
20.2W

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