Radxa ROCK 5B vs Dshan Pi A1

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$69*
RAM8GB4GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Mali-G52 MC3
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 2.2GHz
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz

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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)
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
336
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
1,446

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
1,813 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
11,926 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
21.53 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
2.79 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
518
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
3,337

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
2,224

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
2.76 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
18.52 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
5,730.4 MB/s
memset
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
16,916.2 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
957

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
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
8.94 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
1.19 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
0.13 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
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
8.8 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
8.5 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Dshan Pi A1 (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
67.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
19.6 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
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
940 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
937 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
1.9W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
5.4W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
7.5W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Dshan Pi A1 (4GB)
7.7W

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