Radxa ROCK 5B vs Banana Pi M4 Zero

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB4GB
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-A53 @ 1.5GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
145
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
429

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
1,105 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
3,785 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
10.68 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
2.64 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
360
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
1,261

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
476

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
1.37 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
5.45 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
1,404.4 MB/s
memset
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
5,846.3 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
418

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
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
2.44 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
0.9 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
0.08 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
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
6.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
8.5 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Banana Pi M4 Zero (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
18.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
13.8 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
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
No Data
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
No Data

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
1.2W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
2.1W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
2.7W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Banana Pi M4 Zero (4GB)
4W

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