ArmSoM AIM7 vs Radxa X4

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$144*
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Intel® UHD Graphics
ArchitectureARMx86
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
Radxa X4 (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
828
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,243
Multi-Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3,186
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,981

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
2,546 MIPS
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,756 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
16,695 MIPS
Radxa X4 (8GB)
9,597 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
48.61 GFLOPS
Radxa X4 (8GB)
27.19 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
2.49 GFLOPS/W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1.23 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
1,060
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,625
Multi Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
5,382
Radxa X4 (8GB)
3,952

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3,199
Radxa X4 (8GB)
4,782

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3.68 kH/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
5.61 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
21.39 kH/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.13 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
1,271
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,815

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
9.65 tok/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
13.77 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
0.77 tok/W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.69 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
0.04 tok/$
Radxa X4 (8GB)
0.17 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
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
9.9 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

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

4K Random Read
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
67.9 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
19.6 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Western Digital Black SN770M (500GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,069.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
Radxa X4 (8GB)
1,013.3 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
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,350 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
941 Mbps
Radxa X4 (8GB)
2,355 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
7.7W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
12.2W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
14.7W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
20.5W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
19.5W
Radxa X4 (8GB)
22.1W

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