ArmSoM Sige5 vs Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4)

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB2GB
SoC
Mali-G52 MC3
VideoCore VI
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 2.2GHz
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 1.5GHz

Legend

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ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
332
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
255
Multi-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,440
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
609

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,796 MIPS
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
1,522 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
11,391 MIPS
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
5,170 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
22.61 GFLOPS
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
12.46 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.61 GFLOPS/W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
2.22 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
492
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
493
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3,252
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
1,528

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2,189
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
518

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.7 kH/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
1.89 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
17.73 kH/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
7.54 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
5,661.6 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
2,847.4 MB/s
memset
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
16,885.8 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
3,182.1 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,004
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
625

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.22 tok/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
3.46 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1.01 tok/W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
0.72 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
0.07 tok/$
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
0.06 tok/$

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • ArmSoM Sige5 (64GB eMMC), Raspberry Pi CM4 (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
50.5 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
26.3 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
76.8 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
38.8 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
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
245.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
307.6 MB/s
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
153.6 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
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
939 Mbps
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
No Data
Load Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
6.1W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
4.2W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.6W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
4.8W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.7W
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) (2GB)
5.6W

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