Radxa ROCK 5B vs Orange Pi RV

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Imagination BXE-4-32
ArchitectureARMRISC-V
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× SiFive U74 @ 1.5GHz

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Detailed Reviews

Read our comprehensive reviews from bret.dk featuring data and benchmarks from sbc.compare:

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Orange Pi RV (4GB)

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 RV (4GB)
74
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
220

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
1,177 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
3,935 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
3.19 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
0.49 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
409
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
1,467

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
No Data

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
No Data
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
No Data

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
No Data

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 RV (4GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
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 RV (4GB)
11.8 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
8.2 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
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
171.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
118.4 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
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
940 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
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 RV (4GB)
4.3W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
5.2W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Orange Pi RV (4GB)
6.5W

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