Radxa ROCK 5B vs ArmSoM W3

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$205*
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

Legend

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
794
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
3,235

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
2,662 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
16,575 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
48.91 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
2.28 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
1,076
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
5,463

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
3,268

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
3.9 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
22.51 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
1,105

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
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
9.65 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
0.68 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
0.05 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
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
7.9 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
9.4 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • ArmSoM W3 (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
68.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
19.6 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
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
623.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
386.6 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
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
2,342 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
2,339 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
4W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
9.3W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
14.2W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
21.5W

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