Radxa ROCK 5B vs DEBIX Model C

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price$65*
RAM8GB2GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Arm® Ethos™ U-65 microNPU (1 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
2 cores
2× Cortex-A55 @ 1.7GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
DEBIX Model C (2GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
No Data
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
No Data

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
1,428 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
2,535 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
6.68 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
2.23 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
396
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
732

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
337

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
1.61 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
3.23 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
476

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
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
1.4 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
0.54 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
0.02 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
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
20.2 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
15.2 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
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
940 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
1.5W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
2W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
2.6W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
DEBIX Model C (2GB)
3W

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