ArmSoM AIM7 vs Radxa Zero 3E

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$144*
RAM8GB1GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Mali-G52 2EE
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
828
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Multi-Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3,186
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
2,546 MIPS
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1,107 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
16,695 MIPS
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
4,465 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
48.61 GFLOPS
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
2.49 GFLOPS/W
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
1,060
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
302
Multi Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
5,382
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1,155

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3,199
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
670

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3.68 kH/s
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1.61 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
21.39 kH/s
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
6.45 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
1,271
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
440

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 Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
0.77 tok/W
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
0.04 tok/$
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data

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 Zero 3E (1GB)
7.8 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
9.9 MB/s
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
3.8 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

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

4K Random Read
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
67.9 MB/s
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
19.6 MB/s
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
943 Mbps
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
941 Mbps
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
7.7W
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
3.2W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
14.7W
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
19.5W
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data

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