Radxa ROCK 5B vs Khadas VIM1S

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price$59*
RAM8GB2GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Mali-G31 MP2
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A35 @ 1.8GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
No Data
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
No Data

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
1,157 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
4,061 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
4.42 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
1.89 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
301
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
1,078

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
550

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
1.13 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
4.46 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
2,092.2 MB/s
memset
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
8,157.8 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
452

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
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
No Data

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Khadas VIM1S (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
31.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
43.1 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
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
94 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
94 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
1W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
1.5W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Khadas VIM1S (2GB)
2.3W

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