Raspberry Pi 4 vs Radxa NX5

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Radxa
NX5 (8GB)
Basic Specifications
Price
$49.45*
$135*
RAM2GB8GB
SoC
VideoCore VI
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 1.5GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
Radxa NX5 (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
258
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
851
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
614
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
3,090

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,541 MIPS
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
3,136 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5,192 MIPS
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
16,624 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.57 GFLOPS
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
43.49 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.83 GFLOPS/W
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
2.29 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
493
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
971
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,553
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
4,822

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
518
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
3,171

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.88 kH/s
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
3.61 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
7.53 kH/s
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
21.41 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
11,891.9 MB/s
memset
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
27,800.7 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
622
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
1,376

GPU Performance

Graphics rendering performance using OpenGL and Vulkan

glmark2 (OpenGL)

Higher Scores are Better

1080p
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
1,152
4K
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
535

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
3.66 tok/s
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
10.7 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.65 tok/W
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
0.82 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.07 tok/$
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
0.08 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
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
16.3 MB/s
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
8.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.6 MB/s
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
9.5 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa NX5 (64GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
100.3 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
18.2 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
942 Mbps
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
941 Mbps
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
940 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
3.6W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.2W
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
10.9W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.6W
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
15.3W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
6.9W
Radxa NX5 (8GB)
18.8W

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