ArmSoM Sige5 vs ArmSoM AIM7

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$144*
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

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

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ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
332
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
828
Multi-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,440
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3,186

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,796 MIPS
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
2,546 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
11,391 MIPS
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
16,695 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
22.61 GFLOPS
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
48.61 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.61 GFLOPS/W
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
2.49 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
492
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
1,060
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3,252
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
5,382

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2,189
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3,199

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.7 kH/s
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3.68 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
17.73 kH/s
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
21.39 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
5,661.6 MB/s
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
memset
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
16,885.8 MB/s
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,004
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
1,271

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.22 tok/s
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
9.65 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1.01 tok/W
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
0.77 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
0.07 tok/$
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
0.04 tok/$

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
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
8.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
No Data
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
9.9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • ArmSoM Sige5 (64GB eMMC), ArmSoM AIM7 (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
50.5 MB/s
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
67.9 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
76.8 MB/s
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
19.6 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
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
307.6 MB/s
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
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
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
943 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
939 Mbps
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3W
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
Load Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
6.1W
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
7.7W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.6W
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
14.7W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.7W
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
19.5W

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