ArmSoM AIM7 vs Raspberry Pi 5

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$144*
RAM8GB2GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
VideoCore VII
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz

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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 AIM7 (8GB)
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
828
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
890
Multi-Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3,186
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
1,901

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
2,546 MIPS
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
3,334 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
16,695 MIPS
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
11,521 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
48.61 GFLOPS
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
28.18 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
2.49 GFLOPS/W
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
2.78 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
1,060
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
1,642
Multi Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
5,382
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
4,309

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3,199
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
2,297

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3.68 kH/s
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
3.86 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
21.39 kH/s
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
15.42 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
1,271
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
1,169

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
9.65 tok/s
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
9.94 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
0.77 tok/W
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
1.07 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
0.04 tok/$
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
0.18 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 AIM7 (8GB)
8.6 MB/s
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
22 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
9.9 MB/s
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
14.9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

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

4K Random Read
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
67.9 MB/s
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
19.6 MB/s
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
866.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
590.9 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
943 Mbps
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
937 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
941 Mbps
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
941 Mbps
WiFi Up
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
254 Mbps
WiFi Down
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
204 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
7.7W
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
6.1W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
14.7W
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
9.3W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
19.5W
Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB)
10.1W

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