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Raspberry Pi 4 vs Radxa Cubie A7A

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Raspberry Pi4 (2GB)4 (2GB) Product Page
RadxaCubie A7A (6GB)Cubie A7A (6GB) Product Page
Basic Specifications
Price
$49.45*
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$45*
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RAM2GB6GB
SoC
Broadcom BCM2711
VideoCore VI
Allwinner A733
Imagination BXM-4-64 MC1
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A72 @ 1.5GHz
8 cores
2× Cortex-A76 @ 2.0GHz
6× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
258
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
641
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
614
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
1,545

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,541 MIPS
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
2,347 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5,192 MIPS
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
10,509 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.57 GFLOPS
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
18.77 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.83 GFLOPS/W
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
2.04 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
493
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
1,125
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,553
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
4,001

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
518
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
2,042

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.88 kH/s
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
3.59 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
7.53 kH/s
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
18.24 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
622
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
978

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 Cubie A7A (6GB)
0.63 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.65 tok/W
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
0.09 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.07 tok/$
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
0.01 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 Cubie A7A (6GB)
9.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.6 MB/s
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
15.3 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - UFS

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa UFS (128GB UFS)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
509.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
235.9 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 Cubie A7A (6GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
941 Mbps
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
939 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 Cubie A7A (6GB)
2.4W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.2W
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
5.9W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.6W
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
7.1W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
6.9W
Radxa Cubie A7A (6GB)
9.2W

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