ArmSoM Sige5 vs Orange Pi 5 Plus

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$135*
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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ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
332
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
863
Multi-Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,440
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3,117

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,796 MIPS
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3,134 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
11,391 MIPS
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
16,584 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
22.61 GFLOPS
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
46.07 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.61 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2.93 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
492
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
1,483
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3,252
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
6,908

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2,189
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3,211

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
2.7 kH/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3.67 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
17.73 kH/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
21.64 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 5 Plus (8GB)
No Data
memset
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
16,885.8 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
No Data

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1,004
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
1,337

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 5 Plus (8GB)
9.47 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
1.01 tok/W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
0.87 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
0.07 tok/$
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
0.07 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
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
7.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
11.1 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

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

4K Random Read
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
50.5 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
33.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
76.8 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
49.8 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
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
993.3 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
307.6 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
738.6 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
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2,353 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
939 Mbps
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2,352 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
3W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2.8W
Load Power
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
6.1W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
7.5W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.6W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
10.9W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM Sige5 (8GB)
8.7W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
15.7W

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