Radxa ROCK 5B vs Orange Pi 3B

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$45*
RAM8GB4GB
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)
Orange Pi 3B (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 3B (4GB)
220
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
580

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
1,422 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
4,921 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
8.52 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
1.27 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
333
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
1,143

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
696

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
1.74 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
6.95 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 3B (4GB)
579

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 3B (4GB)
2.93 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
0.53 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
0.07 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 3B (4GB)
7.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
10 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Orange Pi 32GB (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
18.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
43.9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
123.8 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
70.2 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
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
943 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
941 Mbps

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 3B (4GB)
1.9W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
4.4W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
5.5W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Orange Pi 3B (4GB)
6.7W

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