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ArmSoM Sige5 vs Orange Pi Zero 3

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
ArmSoM
Sige5 (8GB)Sige5 (8GB) Product Page
Orange PiZero 3 (4GB)Zero 3 (4GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$207*
AliExpressALI**OFF
$40*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Rockchip RK3576
Mali-G52 MC3
Allwinner H618
Mali-G31 MP2
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 2.2GHz
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz

Legend

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ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
332
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
146
Multi-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,440
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
433

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,796 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
1,092 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
11,391 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
3,784 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
22.61 GFLOPS
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
10.81 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.61 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.74 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
492
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
372
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3,252
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
1,310

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2,189
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
472

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.7 kH/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
1.38 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
17.73 kH/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
5.51 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
5,661.6 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data
memset
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
16,885.8 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,004
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
418

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.22 tok/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.35 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1.01 tok/W
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
0.9 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
0.07 tok/$
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data

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
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
6.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
8.3 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

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

4K Random Read
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
50.5 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
76.8 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data

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
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
307.6 MB/s
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
938 Mbps
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
808 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
939 Mbps
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3W
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
No Data
Load Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
6.1W
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.2W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.6W
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
2.6W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.7W
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)
3.9W

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