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Radxa ROCK 5B vs Orange Pi Zero 2W

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
RadxaROCK 5B (8GB)ROCK 5B (8GB) Product Page
Orange PiZero 2W (4GB)Zero 2W (4GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$100*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**OFF
$40*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Rockchip RK3588
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Allwinner H618
Mali-G31 MP2
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz

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Detailed Reviews

Read our comprehensive reviews from bret.dk featuring data and benchmarks from sbc.compare:

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
145
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
429

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
1,109 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
3,797 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
10.69 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
2.67 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
377
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
1,317

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
475

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
1.38 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
5.5 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
426

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
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
2.31 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
0.72 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
0.06 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
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
6.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
8.4 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
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
No Data
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
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
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
1.2W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
2.2W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
2.5W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Orange Pi Zero 2W (4GB)
4W

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