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Cool Pi 4B vs Radxa ROCK 5B

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Cool Pi
4B (4GB)4B (4GB) Product Page
RadxaROCK 5B (8GB)ROCK 5B (8GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price$140*
$100*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**OFF
RAM4GB8GB
SoC
Rockchip RK3588S
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Rockchip RK3588
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
872
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Multi-Core
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
3,002
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
3,144 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
15,988 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
38.13 GFLOPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
2.23 GFLOPS/W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
1,436
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Multi Core
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
6,206
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
3,192
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
4.42 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Multi Core
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
24.7 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
10,753.9 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
memset
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
28,908.3 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
984
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
8.15 tok/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.21 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
0.7 tok/W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
0.06 tok/$
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
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
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
8.2 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
8.8 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • CoolPi 64 (64GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
21.2 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
26 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
941 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,352 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
940 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
2.5W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Load Power
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
7.9W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Ollama Max
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
11.7W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Linpack Max
Cool Pi 4B (4GB)
17.1W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W

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