Raspberry Pi 500+ vs Radxa Orion O6N

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated 2 October 2026

Raspberry Pi 500+vsRadxa Orion O6N

Fastest

Radxa Orion O6N

6,954 GB6 multi-core

Best value

Radxa Orion O6N

12.7 GB6 pts/$ at $549

Most efficient

Raspberry Pi 500+

6.6W under load

Comparison Summary

Here we line up the Raspberry Pi 500+ and the Radxa Orion O6N, comparing specifications against benchmark numbers we measured ourselves on every board. Processor-wise, there is a clear winner. The Radxa Orion O6N scores 6,954 in Geekbench 6 multi-core, 228% more than the Raspberry Pi 500+ manages at 2,121. On performance per dollar the Radxa Orion O6N comes out ahead, delivering 12.7 multi-core points per dollar at $549.00. The Raspberry Pi 500+ is the most frugal under load, drawing 6.6W (3.3W at idle).

Read our individual reviews:

Raspberry Pi 500+ →

Specification	Raspberry Pi 500+ 16GB RAM	Radxa Orion O6N 32GB RAM
Basic Specifications
Price	$442.62 OFF	$549
RAM	16GB	32GB
SoC	Broadcom BCM2712 VideoCore VII	CIX P1 Immortalis-G720 MC10 Arm China Zhouyi (30 TOPS)
Architecture	ARM	ARM
CPU Cores	4 cores 4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz	12 cores 4× Cortex-A720 @ 2.6GHz 4× Cortex-A720 @ 2.4GHz 4× Cortex-A520 @ 1.8GHz

Connectivity
USB Ports	4× USB ports 2× USB-A 2.0, 2× USB-A 3.0	5× USB ports 3× USB-A 2.0, 2× USB-A 3.2
Display Ports	2× micro-HDMI 2.0	1× HDMI 2.0, 1× DisplayPort 1.4
Ethernet	1.0Gbps	N/A
WiFi	802.11ac	N/A
Bluetooth	5.0, BLE	Unknown
Storage & Expansion
SATA Ports	None	None
M.2 Slots	N/A	M-key PCIe 4.0 x4 (2280) M-key PCIe 4.0 x4 (2280) E-key PCIe (2230, 2242) B-key PCIe (2242, 2230)
PCIe Support	N/A	N/A
Power & I/O
Power Requirements	5.1V	12V
Power Inputs	USB-C	Barrel Jack
GPIO	40-pin RPi compatible	N/A
Features
Real-Time Clock	No	No
Power Button	Yes	No
Fan Header	No	No
Mainline Linux	No	No
Armbian Support	Official	No

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Environment	Raspberry Pi 500+ 16GB RAM	Radxa Orion O6N 32GB RAM
Last Tested	20 September 2025	10 December 2025
System Configuration
OS Version	Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)	Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel Version	6.12.34+rpt-rpi-2712	6.6.89-1-sky1
CPU Governor	performance	performance
RPi Firmware	000d3ca2	N/A
GPU Information
GL Renderer	N/A	Mali-G720 (Panfrost)
GL Vendor	N/A	Mesa
GL Version	N/A	3.1 Mesa 25.2.6-1~bpo13+1
Vulkan Device	N/A	Mali-G720
Vulkan Driver Version	N/A	104865798
Hardware Setup
Boot Device	Raspberry Pi 256GB (M.2 NVMe)	Crucial P5 Plus 1024GB (M.2 NVMe)

Every figure above comes from hardware run in-house by Bret Weber, on the exact OS build, kernel, firmware and boot device listed here. Boards are tested to a fixed procedure so results stay comparable between them: see our testing methodology for how each benchmark is run.

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Detailed Reviews

Full write-ups on bret.dk, using the same benchmark data:

•Raspberry Pi 500+ Review

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)892 33% slower #16 of 72

892 33% slower #16 of 72

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)1,327 #4 of 72

1,327 #4 of 72

Multi-Core

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)2,121 3.3× slower #31 of 72

2,121 3.3× slower #31 of 72

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)6,954 #3 of 72

6,954 #3 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)3,356 MIPS 13% slower #11 of 118

3,356 MIPS 13% slower #11 of 118

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)3,867 MIPS #4 of 118

3,867 MIPS #4 of 118

Multi-Core Combined

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)11,979 MIPS 2.8× slower #29 of 113

11,979 MIPS 2.8× slower #29 of 113

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)33,823 MIPS #3 of 113

33,823 MIPS #3 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)35.15 GFLOPS 3.9× slower #25 of 80

35.15 GFLOPS 3.9× slower #25 of 80

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)137.16 GFLOPS #2 of 80

137.16 GFLOPS #2 of 80

Performance/Watt

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)2.66 GFLOPS/W 24% slower #19 of 74

2.66 GFLOPS/W 24% slower #19 of 74

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)3.52 GFLOPS/W #3 of 74

3.52 GFLOPS/W #3 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)1,646 #6 of 118

1,646 #6 of 118

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)1,386 16% slower #16 of 118

1,386 16% slower #16 of 118

Multi Core

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)4,884 50% slower #23 of 109

4,884 50% slower #23 of 109

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)9,742 #3 of 109

9,742 #3 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)2,384 3.0× slower #27 of 96

2,384 3.0× slower #27 of 96

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)7,269 #1 of 96

7,269 #1 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Fastest Thread

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)3.86 kH/s 20% slower #14 of 108

3.86 kH/s 20% slower #14 of 108

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)4.84 kH/s #7 of 108

4.84 kH/s #7 of 108

Total

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)15.43 kH/s 2.8× slower #34 of 104

15.43 kH/s 2.8× slower #34 of 104

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)42.99 kH/s #2 of 104

42.99 kH/s #2 of 104

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)1,432 27% slower #9 of 87

1,432 27% slower #9 of 87

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)1,953 #5 of 87

1,953 #5 of 87

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)memcpy: 16,366.2 MB/s#2 of 65memset: 41,322.3 MB/s#2 of 65

Only this board has been tested so far, so there is nothing to compare against yet.

GPU Performance

Graphics rendering with OpenGL and Vulkan, plus raw Vulkan compute throughput

glmark2 (OpenGL)

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)1080p: 1,717#1 of 274K: 632#1 of 20

Only this board has been tested so far, so there is nothing to compare against yet.

vkmark (Vulkan)

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)1080p: 902#3 of 64K: 309#4 of 6

Only this board has been tested so far, so there is nothing to compare against yet.

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)10.26 tok/s 46% slower #11 of 66

10.26 tok/s 46% slower #11 of 66

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)19.04 tok/s #3 of 66

19.04 tok/s #3 of 66

Tokens/Watt

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)0.88 tok/W #20 of 64

0.88 tok/W #20 of 64

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)0.68 tok/W 23% slower #39 of 64

0.68 tok/W 23% slower #39 of 64

Tokens/Dollar

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)0.02 tok/$ 33% slower #51 of 59

0.02 tok/$ 33% slower #51 of 59

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)0.03 tok/$ #41 of 59

0.03 tok/$ #41 of 59

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 256GB (256GB M.2 NVMe), Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)301.4 MB/s 2.9× slower

301.4 MB/s 2.9× slower

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)863.6 MB/s

863.6 MB/s

4K Random Write

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)267.4 MB/s 2.4× slower

267.4 MB/s 2.4× slower

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)640.7 MB/s

640.7 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - microSD

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB microSD)

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)4K Random Read: 21.7 MB/s4K Random Write: 14.9 MB/s

Only this board has been tested so far, so there is nothing to compare against yet.

fio Storage Performance - UFS

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa UFS (128GB UFS)

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)4K Random Read: 16.3 MB/s4K Random Write: 20.4 MB/s

Only this board has been tested so far, so there is nothing to compare against yet.

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)937 Mbps 1% slower

937 Mbps 1% slower

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)942 Mbps

942 Mbps

Ethernet Down

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)941 Mbps

941 Mbps

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)941 Mbps

941 Mbps

WiFi Up

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)45 Mbps

45 Mbps

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)No Data

No Data

WiFi Down

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)140 Mbps

140 Mbps

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)No Data

No Data

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)3.3W #54 of 74

3.3W #54 of 74

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)9.3W 2.8× more #72 of 74

9.3W 2.8× more #72 of 74

Load Power

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)6.6W #71 of 105

6.6W #71 of 105

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)23.7W 3.6× more #102 of 105

23.7W 3.6× more #102 of 105

Ollama Max

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)11.7W #47 of 64

11.7W #47 of 64

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)33.9W 2.9× more #63 of 64

33.9W 2.9× more #63 of 64

Linpack Max

Raspberry Pi 500+ (16GB)13.2W #51 of 75

13.2W #51 of 75

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)39W 3.0× more #72 of 75

39W 3.0× more #72 of 75

Benchmark	Raspberry Pi 500+ 16GB RAM	Radxa Orion O6N 32GB RAM

Geekbench 6 Single-Core	892	1327
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core	2121	6954
7-Zip Single-Core Combined	3356 MIPS	3867 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Combined	11979 MIPS	33823 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Compression	3380 MIPS	3640 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Compression	10975 MIPS	36279 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Decompression	3333 MIPS	4093 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Decompression	12984 MIPS	31366 MIPS
Linpack Performance	35.146 GFLOPS	137.16 GFLOPS
Linpack Performance/Watt	2.663 GFLOPS/W	3.516 GFLOPS/W
UnixBench Single Core	1646	1386
UnixBench Multi Core	4884	9742
PassMark CPU Score	2384	7269
CPU Mining Single Core	3.86 kH/s	4.84 kH/s
CPU Mining Multi Core	15.43 kH/s	42.99 kH/s

TinyMemBench memcpy	N/A	16366.2 MB/s
TinyMemBench memset	N/A	41322.3 MB/s
PassMark RAM Score	1432	1953

glmark2 1080p (OpenGL)	N/A	1717
glmark2 4K (OpenGL)	N/A	632
vkmark 1080p (Vulkan)	N/A	902
vkmark 4K (Vulkan)	N/A	309

deepseek-r1:1.5b
Tokens per Second	10.26 tok/s	19.04 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.88 tok/W	0.68 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	0.02 tok/$	0.03 tok/$
Max Power	11.6W	28.1W
deepseek-r1:8b
Tokens per Second	1.94 tok/s	5.99 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.18 tok/W	0.18 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	N/A	0.01 tok/$
Max Power	11W	33.9W
deepseek-r1:14b
Tokens per Second	1.18 tok/s	3.71 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.1 tok/W	0.11 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	N/A	0.01 tok/$
Max Power	11.7W	33.2W

Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB)
Sequential Read 4K	38.5 MB/s (9869 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Read 64K	71.3 MB/s (1141 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Read 1M	87.3 MB/s (86 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Write 4K	36.9 MB/s (9446 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Write 64K	73.7 MB/s (1178 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Write 1M	70.7 MB/s (70 IOPS)	N/A
Random Read 4K	21.7 MB/s (5559 IOPS)	N/A
Random Read 64K	57.3 MB/s (917 IOPS)	N/A
Random Read 1M	88.6 MB/s (88 IOPS)	N/A
Random Write 4K	14.9 MB/s (3835 IOPS)	N/A
Random Write 64K	55.0 MB/s (880 IOPS)	N/A
Random Write 1M	76.1 MB/s (75 IOPS)	N/A

Raspberry Pi 256GB (256GB), Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB)
Sequential Read 4K	829.9 MB/s (212471 IOPS)	925.6 MB/s (236977 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	638.3 MB/s (10212 IOPS)	1315.3 MB/s (21044 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	832.9 MB/s (832 IOPS)	4435.6 MB/s (4435 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	584.4 MB/s (149626 IOPS)	654.2 MB/s (167491 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	735.1 MB/s (11761 IOPS)	4609.5 MB/s (73751 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	716.7 MB/s (716 IOPS)	4602.2 MB/s (4601 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	301.4 MB/s (77173 IOPS)	863.6 MB/s (221087 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	458.6 MB/s (7337 IOPS)	4462.9 MB/s (71406 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	842.7 MB/s (842 IOPS)	6067.5 MB/s (6067 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	267.4 MB/s (68475 IOPS)	640.7 MB/s (164021 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	422.9 MB/s (6767 IOPS)	4588.4 MB/s (73414 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	706.8 MB/s (706 IOPS)	4602.8 MB/s (4602 IOPS)

Radxa UFS (128GB)
Sequential Read 4K	N/A	37.7 MB/s (9674 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	N/A	115.7 MB/s (1851 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	N/A	129.6 MB/s (129 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	N/A	35.2 MB/s (9016 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	N/A	113.1 MB/s (1809 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	N/A	128.2 MB/s (127 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	N/A	16.3 MB/s (4191 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	N/A	92.4 MB/s (1478 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	N/A	127.7 MB/s (127 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	N/A	20.4 MB/s (5223 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	N/A	97.8 MB/s (1564 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	N/A	128.2 MB/s (127 IOPS)

Idle Power	3.3W	9.3W
Load Power	6.6W	23.7W
Ollama Max Power	11.7W	33.9W
Linpack Max Power	13.2W	39W

Ethernet Upload	937 Mbps	942 Mbps
Ethernet Download	941 Mbps	941 Mbps
WiFi Upload	45 Mbps	N/A
WiFi Download	140 Mbps	N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is faster, the Radxa Orion O6N or the Raspberry Pi 500+?

The Radxa Orion O6N is faster in our testing, scoring 6,954 in Geekbench 6 multi-core versus 2,121 for the Raspberry Pi 500+, a 228% advantage.

Which board is the best value?

Of the boards in this comparison, the Radxa Orion O6N offers the best performance per dollar: 12.7 Geekbench 6 multi-core points per dollar at $549.00.

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Raspberry Pi 500+ vs Radxa Orion O6N

Comparison Summary

Test Environment

Detailed Reviews

CPU Performance

Geekbench 6

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Memory Performance

PassMark RAM

TinyMemBench

GPU Performance

glmark2 (OpenGL)

vkmark (Vulkan)

AI & LLM Performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Storage Performance

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

fio Storage Performance - microSD

fio Storage Performance - UFS

Network Performance

iPerf3 Network Performance

Power & Thermal

Power Consumption

Benchmark Data

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Raspberry Pi 500+ vs Radxa Orion O6N

Comparison Summary

Test Environment

Detailed Reviews

CPU Performance

Geekbench 6

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Memory Performance

PassMark RAM

TinyMemBench

GPU Performance

glmark2 (OpenGL)

vkmark (Vulkan)

AI & LLM Performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Storage Performance

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

fio Storage Performance - microSD

fio Storage Performance - UFS

Network Performance

iPerf3 Network Performance

Power & Thermal

Power Consumption

Benchmark Data

Frequently Asked Questions

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Which board is the best value?

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