Radxa ROCK 5B vs Libre Computer Renegade Elite

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$80*
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Mali-T864
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
6 cores
2× Cortex-A72 @ 1.8GHz
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
329
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
854

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
1,946 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
6,987 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
13.56 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
No Data

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
413
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
1,524

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
1,218

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
2.49 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
10.75 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
753

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
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
0.42 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
0.04 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
0.01 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
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
12.2 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
29.9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Libre Computer eMMC (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
66.9 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
53 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
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
934 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
2.6W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
8.4W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
11.3W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Libre Computer Renegade Elite (4GB)
15.3W

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