StarFive VisionFive 2 vs Radxa Dragon Q6A

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM4GB6GB
SoC
Imagination BXE-4-32
Qualcomm® Adreno 643
ArchitectureRISC-VARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× SiFive U74 @ 1.5GHz
8 cores
1× Cortex-A78 @ 2.7GHz
3× Cortex-A78 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.9GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
72
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
1,180
Multi-Core
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
217
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
3,215

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
1,194 MIPS
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
3,829 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
4,081 MIPS
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
17,401 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
3.17 GFLOPS
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
38.66 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
0.47 GFLOPS/W
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
3.83 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
310
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
1,310
Multi Core
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
1,111
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
5,300

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
3,525

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
5.07 kH/s
Multi Core
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
26.25 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
1,871

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
8.82 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
1.18 tok/W

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
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
11 MB/s
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
17.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
7.3 MB/s
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
13.9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa eMMC (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
18.2 MB/s
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
22.5 MB/s
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
143.6 MB/s
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
608.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
98.7 MB/s
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
437.4 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - UFS

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa UFS (128GB UFS)

4K Random Read
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
475.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
254.9 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
942 Mbps
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
941 Mbps
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
2.5W
Load Power
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
5.3W
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
6.4W
Ollama Max
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
No Data
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
7.5W
Linpack Max
StarFive VisionFive 2 (4GB)
6.7W
Radxa Dragon Q6A (6GB)
10.1W

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