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Radxa ROCK 5B vs Banana Pi M2 Zero

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
RadxaROCK 5B (8GB)ROCK 5B (8GB) Product Page
Banana PiM2 Zero (512MB)M2 Zero (512MB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$100*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**OFF
$20*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**
RAM8GB512MB
SoC
Rockchip RK3588
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Allwinner H3
Mali-400 MP2
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A7 @ 1.4GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
No Data
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
No Data

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
763 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
2,559 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
No Data
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
No Data

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
214
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
645

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
319

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
0.59 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
2.36 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
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
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
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
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
8 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
7.7 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
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
No Data
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
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
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
0.8W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
2.4W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Banana Pi M2 Zero (512MB)
No Data

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