Raspberry Pi 4 vs Radxa Zero 3E
Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data
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Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
CPU Performance
Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads
Geekbench 6
Higher Scores are Better
Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
258
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
614
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
7-Zip Benchmark
Higher Scores are Better
Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,541 MIPS
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1,107 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5,192 MIPS
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
4,465 MIPS
High Performance Linpack
Higher Scores are Better
Performance
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.57 GFLOPS
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.83 GFLOPS/W
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
UnixBench
Higher Scores are Better
Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
493
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
302
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,553
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1,155
PassMark CPU
Higher Scores are Better
CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
518
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
670
CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)
Higher Hashrates are Better
Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.88 kH/s
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
1.61 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
7.53 kH/s
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
6.45 kH/s
Memory Performance
Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks
PassMark RAM
Higher Scores are Better
RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
622
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
440
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 Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.65 tok/W
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.07 tok/$
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
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 Zero 3E (1GB)
7.8 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.6 MB/s
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
3.8 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 Zero 3E (1GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
941 Mbps
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
941 Mbps
Power & Thermal
Power consumption at idle and under various workloads
Power Consumption
Lower is "Better"
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.2W
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
3.2W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.6W
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
6.9W
Radxa Zero 3E (1GB)
No Data
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