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Banana Pi M5 4GB

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Banana PiM5 (4GB)M5 (4GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$60*
AliExpressALI**
RAM4GB
SoCAmlogic S905X3
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz

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Detailed Reviews

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Banana Pi M5 (4GB)

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
245
Multi-Core
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
692

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
1,629 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
5,582 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
9.27 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
2.2 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
468
Multi Core
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
1,611

PassMark PerformanceTest

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
770
RAM Score
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
667

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
1.9 kH/s
Multi Core
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
7.55 kH/s

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
1.5W
Load Power
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
2.9W
Ollama Max
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
3.6W
Linpack Max
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
4.2W

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
940 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
941 Mbps

fio Storage Performance - microSD

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

4K Random Read
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
11.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
9.2 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Banana Pi M5 (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
28.3 MB/s
4K Random Write
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
38.6 MB/s

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
3.01 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
0.84 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Banana Pi M5 (4GB)
0.05 tok/$