Allwinner H3
The H3 is a ARM system-on-chip designed by Allwinner.
Fastest
1,700MIPS
PC Plus
Slowest
1,301MIPS
P2 Zero
Quick facts
- Maker:
- Allwinner
- Architecture:
- ARM
- CPU:
- 4× Cortex-A7
- GPU:
- Mali-400 MP2
- Released:
- 2014
- Updated:
- 20 Jun 2026
Specifications
| Instruction set | ARM |
| Total CPU cores | 4 |
| CPU clusters | 4× Cortex-A7 @ 1.40 GHz |
| GPU | Mali-400 MP2 |
| Process node | 40nm |
| Video decode | MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (SP/ASP), H.263, H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), VC-1 / WMV9, VP8 |
| Video encode | H.264 (AVC) |
| Max video | 4K30 |
5 tested SBCs using this SoC
| Compare | # | Board | Single-Core (MIPS) | Multi-Core (MIPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange Pi PC Plus 1GB LPDDR3 Orange Pi PC Plus 1GB LPDDR3 | 618 | 1,700 | |
| 2 | Orange Pi Lite 512MB Orange Pi Lite 512MB | 624 | 1,643 | |
| 3 | FriendlyElec NanoPi-NEO 512MB DDR3 FriendlyElec NanoPi-NEO 512MB DDR3 | 558 | 1,483 | |
| 4 | Banana Pi M2 Zero 512MB DDR3 Banana Pi M2 Zero 512MB DDR3 | 531 | 1,351 | |
| 5 | Banana Pi P2 Zero 512MB DDR3 Banana Pi P2 Zero 512MB DDR3 | 476 | 1,301 |
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Scores are 7-Zip compression performance in MIPS (millions of instructions per second); higher is better. View 7-Zip rankings.
Linux & driver support
The Allwinner H3 has good mainline Linux support, with mainline uboot also supporting the H3.
Frequently asked questions
Are the Allwinner H2+ and H3 the same?
The Allwinner H2+ is a variant of the H3, so they're similar, but it only has 100Mbit Ethernet and has no 4K HDMI output.