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ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated

Geekbench 6

3,520

multi-core · 994 single-core

Power draw

10.6W load

4.2W idle

Price

$394.00

Performance Summary

ADLINK's I-Pi SMARC 1200 runs on the MediaTek MT8395, an ARM chip with 8 cores, and ships here with 4GB of RAM. Our benchmarks put its Geekbench 6 result at 3,520 multi-core and 994 single-core, with 7-Zip compression reaching 18,025 MIPS. Raw floating point throughput came in at 41.67 GFLOPS in Linpack. It sips 4.2W when idle, rising to 10.6W under full load.

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$394
RAM4GB
SoC
Mali-G57 MC5
MediaTek 3rd-Gen NPU (5 TOPS)
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A78 @ 2.2GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz
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Price History

$394.00 at ipi.wiki, unchanged since 12 September 2026. Checked daily.

Recent price changes

  • 3 October 2026Official store · ipi.wiki: back in stock
  • 2 October 2026Official store · ipi.wiki: out of stock
Out of stock at that pricePrices are before tax and shipping.

Every figure above comes from hardware run in-house by Bret Weber, on the exact OS build, kernel, firmware and boot device listed here. Boards are tested to a fixed procedure so results stay comparable between them: see our testing methodology for how each benchmark is run.

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)994 #10 of 72
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)3,520 #6 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)3,273 MIPS #17 of 118
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)18,025 MIPS #6 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)41.67 GFLOPS #15 of 80
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)2.53 GFLOPS/W #25 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)1,169 #24 of 118
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)6,012 #12 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)3,453 #9 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)4.89 kH/s #6 of 108
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)27.57 kH/s #8 of 104

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)13,262.5 MB/s #6 of 65
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)18,999.6 MB/s #11 of 65

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)1,276 #22 of 87

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)3.61 tok/s #40 of 66
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)0.33 tok/W #55 of 64
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)0.01 tok/$ #57 of 59

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
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)11.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)13.6 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - UFS

Higher Speeds are Better • ADLINK I-PI SMARC 1200 (64GB UFS)

4K Random Read
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)164 MB/s
4K Random Write
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)172.7 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)941 Mbps
Ethernet Down
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)940 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)4.2W #61 of 74
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)10.6W #96 of 105
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)11W #45 of 64
ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 (4GB)16.5W #58 of 75

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200?

In our testing the ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 scored 3,520 in Geekbench 6 multi-core and 994 in single-core, with 18,025 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression.

How much power does the ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 use?

We measured the ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 drawing 4.2W at idle and 10.6W under sustained CPU load.

How much does the ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 cost?

The ADLINK I-Pi SMARC 1200 sells for $394 at the official store (ipi.wiki) as of 25 October 2026 for the 4GB RAM configuration. The price has not changed since we began tracking it on 12 September 2026. Prices are in USD before tax and shipping.

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