Radxa ROCK 5B vs Radxa Zero 3W

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price$92*
RAM8GB8GB
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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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
178
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
486

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
1,164 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
4,030 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
7.16 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
1.75 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
334
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
1,131

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
No Data

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
1.37 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
5.4 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
2,332.5 MB/s
memset
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
5,641.8 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
No Data

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.21 tok/s
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
2.62 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
0.71 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
0.03 tok/$

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - microSD

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 32GB (32GB microSD)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
29.9 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
28.5 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa Zero 3W (64GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
30.8 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
29.3 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,352 Mbps
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
No Data
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
No Data

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
0.9W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
2.6W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
3.5W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Radxa Zero 3W (8GB)
3.9W

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