Radxa ROCK 5B vs Banana Pi R4

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
4 cores
4× Cortex-A73 @ 1.8GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)

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 R4 (8GB)
305
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
889

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
1,715 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
5,894 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
15.71 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
2.01 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
506
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
1,770

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
1,030

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
1.83 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
7.3 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
3,592.3 MB/s
memset
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
6,856.1 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
851

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 R4 (8GB)
5.73 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
0.73 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
0.06 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 R4 (8GB)
12.2 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
9.5 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
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
339.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
318.3 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 R4 (8GB)
No Data
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
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 R4 (8GB)
4.9W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
6.4W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
7.9W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Banana Pi R4 (8GB)
7.8W

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