ArmSoM AIM7 vs Banana Pi M2S (S922X)

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$144*
$67*
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Mali-G52 MP6
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
6 cores
4× Cortex-A73 @ 1.8GHz
2× Cortex-A53 @ 1.9GHz

Legend

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Detailed Reviews

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ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
828
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
416
Multi-Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3,186
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1,283

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
2,546 MIPS
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
2,400 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
16,695 MIPS
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
9,678 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
48.61 GFLOPS
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
20.94 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
2.49 GFLOPS/W
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
2.09 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
1,060
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
970
Multi Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
5,382
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
3,608

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3,199
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1,509

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
3.68 kH/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
2.42 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
21.39 kH/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
13.53 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
5,050.5 MB/s
memset
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
7,588.9 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
1,271
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1,028

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
9.65 tok/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
0.24 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
0.77 tok/W
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
0.03 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
0.04 tok/$
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
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
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
12 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
9.9 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
9.7 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • ArmSoM AIM7 (32GB eMMC), Banana Pi M2S (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
67.9 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
30.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
19.6 MB/s
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
46.3 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
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
941 Mbps
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
1.7W
Load Power
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
7.7W
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
6.2W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
14.7W
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
7.7W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM AIM7 (8GB)
19.5W
Banana Pi M2S (S922X) (4GB)
10W

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