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Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) vs Radxa ROCK 5B

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Raspberry Pi3 (Model B+) (1GB)3 (Model B+) (1GB) Product Page
RadxaROCK 5B (8GB)ROCK 5B (8GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$35*
AmazonAMZ**OFF
$100*
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**OFF
RAM1GB8GB
SoC
Broadcom BCM2837B0
VideoCore IV
Rockchip RK3588
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.4GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

Legend

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Detailed Reviews

Read our comprehensive reviews from bret.dk featuring data and benchmarks from sbc.compare:

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Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
1,079 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
3,541 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
334
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
1,066
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
218
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
1.31 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
5.22 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
1,296.5 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
memset
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
1,851.2 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
302
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.21 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
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
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
12.2 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
10.4 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
276 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,352 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
330 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
5.7W
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B+) (1GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W

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