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Radxa ROCK 5B vs Orange Pi Zero 2

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
RadxaROCK 5B (8GB)ROCK 5B (8GB) Product Page
Orange PiZero 2 (1GB)Zero 2 (1GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$100*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**OFF
$30*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**
RAM8GB1GB
SoC
Rockchip RK3588
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Allwinner H616
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

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)

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 2 (1GB)
No Data
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
No Data

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
1,094 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
3,690 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
No Data
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
No Data

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
333
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
1,113

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
478

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
1.25 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
4.82 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 2 (1GB)
320

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 2 (1GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
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
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
6.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
8.3 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
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
883 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
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 Zero 2 (1GB)
1.2W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
2.2W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Orange Pi Zero 2 (1GB)
No Data

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