ArmSoM W3 vs Orange Pi 5 Plus

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$205*
$135*
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

Legend

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ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
794
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
863
Multi-Core
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
3,235
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3,117

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
2,662 MIPS
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3,134 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
16,575 MIPS
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
16,584 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
48.91 GFLOPS
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
46.07 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
2.28 GFLOPS/W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2.93 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
1,076
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
1,483
Multi Core
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
5,463
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
6,908

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
3,268
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3,211

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
3.9 kH/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
3.67 kH/s
Multi Core
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
22.51 kH/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
21.64 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
1,105
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
1,337

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
9.65 tok/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
9.47 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
0.68 tok/W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
0.87 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
0.05 tok/$
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
0.07 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
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
7.9 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
7.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
9.4 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
11.1 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • ArmSoM W3 (32GB eMMC), Orange Pi 32GB (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
68.1 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
33.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
19.6 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
49.8 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
623.5 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
993.3 MB/s
4K Random Write
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
386.6 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
738.6 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
2,342 Mbps
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2,353 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
2,339 Mbps
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2,352 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
4W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
2.8W
Load Power
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
9.3W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
7.5W
Ollama Max
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
14.2W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
10.9W
Linpack Max
ArmSoM W3 (8GB)
21.5W
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)
15.7W

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