Radxa ROCK 5B vs Radxa X4L

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$135*
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Intel® UHD Graphics
ArchitectureARMx86
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.2GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Radxa X4L (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Radxa X4L (8GB)
1,257
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Radxa X4L (8GB)
3,357

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Radxa X4L (8GB)
3,691 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Radxa X4L (8GB)
13,573 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Radxa X4L (8GB)
31.02 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Radxa X4L (8GB)
1,599
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Radxa X4L (8GB)
4,948

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Radxa X4L (8GB)
6,020

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Radxa X4L (8GB)
7.14 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Radxa X4L (8GB)
30.45 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa X4L (8GB)
10,069.3 MB/s
memset
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa X4L (8GB)
9,565.8 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Radxa X4L (8GB)
2,314

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
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Lexar NM620 (256GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa X4L (8GB)
453.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa X4L (8GB)
540.4 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
Radxa X4L (8GB)
2,352 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Radxa X4L (8GB)
2,354 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Radxa X4L (8GB)
No Data

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