Raspberry Pi 4 vs Radxa ROCK 5A

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$49.45*
RAM2GB4GB
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 ROCK 5A (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
258
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
823
Multi-Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
614
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
2,961

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,541 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
3,029 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5,192 MIPS
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
15,849 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.57 GFLOPS
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
41.03 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.83 GFLOPS/W
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
2.61 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
493
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
1,342
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1,553
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
6,156

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
518
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
2,775

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
1.88 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
3.55 kH/s
Multi Core
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
7.53 kH/s
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
20.95 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
622
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
1,287

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 ROCK 5A (4GB)
0.2 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.65 tok/W
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
0.02 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
0.07 tok/$
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
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 ROCK 5A (4GB)
17.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
12.6 MB/s
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
10.9 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa eMMC (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
32.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
No Data
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
44.3 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 ROCK 5A (4GB)
941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
941 Mbps
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
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 ROCK 5A (4GB)
2.9W
Load Power
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.2W
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
6.5W
Ollama Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
5.6W
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
8.7W
Linpack Max
Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB)
6.9W
Radxa ROCK 5A (4GB)
15.7W

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