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Radxa ROCK 5C 4GB

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM4GB
SoCRockchip RK3588S2
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

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Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
834
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
2,962

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
3,026 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
15,681 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
34.42 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
2.1 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
1,351
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
6,295

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
2,989

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
3.58 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
21.07 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
1,286

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
0.2 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
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
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
14.3 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
10.7 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
2.4W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
7.4W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
9.5W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5C (4GB)
16.4W