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Radxa ROCK 5A 4GB

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM4GB
SoCRockchip RK3588S
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
823
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
2,961

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
3,029 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
15,849 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
41.03 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
2.61 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
1,342
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
6,156

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
2,775

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
3.55 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
20.95 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
1,287

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
0.2 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
0.02 tok/W

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 5A (4GB)
17.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
10.9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa eMMC (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
32.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
44.3 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
940 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
2.9W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
6.5W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
8.7W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
15.7W