HardKernel ODROID N2+: 2GB vs 4GB

The same board at each RAM size: benchmarks, price and value side by side

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated 25 October 2026

2GBvs4GB

Fastest

HardKernel ODROID N2+ 4GB

9,842 MIPS 7-Zip multi-core

Best value

HardKernel ODROID N2+ 2GB

140 MIPS/$ at $69

Specification	HardKernel ODROID N2+ 2GB	HardKernel ODROID N2+ 4GB
Basic Specifications
RAM Size
Price	$69 OFF	$95 OFF
RAM	2GB	4GB
SoC	Amlogic S922X Mali-G52 MP4
Architecture	ARM
CPU Cores	4× Cortex-A73 @ 1.8GHz 2× Cortex-A53 @ 1.9GHz

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Environment	HardKernel ODROID N2+ 2GB	HardKernel ODROID N2+ 4GB
Last Tested	15 August 2026	15 August 2026
System Configuration
OS Version	Armbian 26.8.1 trixie	Armbian 26.8.1 trixie
Kernel Version	6.18.43-current-meson64	6.18.43-current-meson64
CPU Governor	performance	performance
GPU Information
GL Renderer	Mali-G52 (Panfrost)	Mali-G52 (Panfrost)
GL Vendor	Mesa	Mesa
GL Version	3.1 Mesa 25.0.7-2+deb13u1	3.1 Mesa 25.0.7-2+deb13u1
Video Hardware
Jellyfin Hardware Path	N/A	None (CPU only)
Hardware Decoding Tested With	N/A	N/A
Drivers Installed by the Test	N/A	None: the image had everything
Hardware Setup
Boot Device	Raspberry Pi 64GB (microSD)	Raspberry Pi 64GB (microSD)

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.

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)2,393 MIPS 1% slower #38 of 118

2,393 MIPS 1% slower #38 of 118

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)2,424 MIPS #36 of 118

2,424 MIPS #36 of 118

Multi-Core Combined

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)9,655 MIPS 2% slower #43 of 113

9,655 MIPS 2% slower #43 of 113

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)9,842 MIPS #40 of 113

9,842 MIPS #40 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)20.3 GFLOPS 2% slower #44 of 80

20.3 GFLOPS 2% slower #44 of 80

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)20.69 GFLOPS #43 of 80

20.69 GFLOPS #43 of 80

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)948 #38 of 118

948 #38 of 118

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)922 3% slower #39 of 118

922 3% slower #39 of 118

Multi Core

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)3,440 2% slower #42 of 109

3,440 2% slower #42 of 109

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)3,512 #41 of 109

3,512 #41 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)1,529 1% slower #41 of 96

1,529 1% slower #41 of 96

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)1,551 #40 of 96

1,551 #40 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Fastest Thread

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)2.41 kH/s #46 of 108

2.41 kH/s #46 of 108

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)2.41 kH/s #46 of 108

2.41 kH/s #46 of 108

Total

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)13.45 kH/s #44 of 104

13.45 kH/s #44 of 104

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)13.43 kH/s #45 of 104

13.43 kH/s #45 of 104

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)Single-Core: 413#38 of 72Multi-Core: 1,271#42 of 72

Only this board has been tested so far, so there is nothing to compare against yet.

Geekbench 7

Higher Scores are Better

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)Single-Core: 426#9 of 11

Only this board has been tested so far, so there is nothing to compare against yet.

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)3,818.1 MB/s 11% slower #28 of 65

3,818.1 MB/s 11% slower #28 of 65

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)4,272.8 MB/s #25 of 65

4,272.8 MB/s #25 of 65

memset

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)6,545.8 MB/s 16% slower #33 of 65

6,545.8 MB/s 16% slower #33 of 65

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)7,821.8 MB/s #28 of 65

7,821.8 MB/s #28 of 65

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)862 15% slower #43 of 87

862 15% slower #43 of 87

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)1,013 #32 of 87

1,013 #32 of 87

GPU Performance

Graphics rendering with OpenGL and Vulkan, plus raw Vulkan compute throughput

glmark2 (OpenGL)

Higher Scores are Better

1080p

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)681 #8 of 27

681 #8 of 27

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)678 #9 of 27

678 #9 of 27

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)200 #8 of 20

200 #8 of 20

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)198 1% slower #9 of 20

198 1% slower #9 of 20

SuperTuxKart (Gaming)

Higher FPS is Better

1080p Typical

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)10 FPS #4 of 11

10 FPS #4 of 11

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)9 FPS 10% slower #6 of 11

9 FPS 10% slower #6 of 11

1080p Steady

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)6 FPS #4 of 11

6 FPS #4 of 11

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)6 FPS #4 of 11

6 FPS #4 of 11

4K Typical

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)2 FPS #4 of 9

2 FPS #4 of 9

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)2 FPS #4 of 9

2 FPS #4 of 9

4K Steady

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)1 FPS #4 of 8

1 FPS #4 of 8

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)1 FPS #4 of 8

1 FPS #4 of 8

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)Tokens/sec: 5.61 tok/s#33 of 66Tokens/Dollar: 0.06 tok/$#18 of 59

Only this board has been tested so far, so there is nothing to compare against yet.

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

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)9.9 MB/s

9.9 MB/s

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)9.8 MB/s 1% slower

9.8 MB/s 1% slower

4K Random Write

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)4.3 MB/s 7% slower

4.3 MB/s 7% slower

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)4.6 MB/s

4.6 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • HardKernel eMMC (128GB eMMC)

4K Random Read

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)37.2 MB/s

37.2 MB/s

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)37.2 MB/s

37.2 MB/s

4K Random Write

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)56.7 MB/s

56.7 MB/s

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)56.9 MB/s

56.9 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)938 Mbps

938 Mbps

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)939 Mbps

939 Mbps

Ethernet Down

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (2GB)941 Mbps

941 Mbps

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)941 Mbps

941 Mbps

Media & Video

Jellyfin transcoding and FFmpeg video decode and convert speed

Jellyfin Transcoding

Simultaneous real-time streams, more is better

HardKernel ODROID N2+ (4GB)1080p HEVC → 720p: 1#7 of 13

Only this board has been tested so far, so there is nothing to compare against yet.

2 more scenarios and the CPU and hardware stream counts are in the benchmark table · every board ranked

Benchmark	HardKernel ODROID N2+ 2GB	HardKernel ODROID N2+ 4GB

Geekbench 6 Single-Core	N/A	413
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core	N/A	1271
Geekbench 7 Single-Core	N/A	426
7-Zip Single-Core Combined	2393 MIPS	2424 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Combined	9655 MIPS	9842 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Compression	2135 MIPS	2198 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Compression	7483 MIPS	7780 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Decompression	2652 MIPS	2651 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Decompression	11828 MIPS	11905 MIPS
Linpack Performance	20.295 GFLOPS	20.688 GFLOPS
UnixBench Single Core	948	922
UnixBench Multi Core	3440	3512
PassMark CPU Score	1529	1551
CPU Mining Single Core	2.41 kH/s	2.41 kH/s
CPU Mining Multi Core	13.45 kH/s	13.43 kH/s

TinyMemBench memcpy	3818.1 MB/s	4272.8 MB/s
TinyMemBench memset	6545.8 MB/s	7821.8 MB/s
PassMark RAM Score	862	1013

glmark2 1080p (OpenGL)	681	678
glmark2 4K (OpenGL)	200	198
SuperTuxKart 1080p Typical FPS	10	9
SuperTuxKart 1080p Steady FPS	6	6
SuperTuxKart 4K Typical FPS	2	2
SuperTuxKart 4K Steady FPS	1	1

deepseek-r1:1.5b
Tokens per Second	N/A	5.61 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	N/A	N/A
Tokens per Dollar	N/A	0.06 tok/$
Max Power	N/A	N/A

Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB)
Sequential Read 4K	13.4 MB/s (3436 IOPS)	13.3 MB/s (3417 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	22.3 MB/s (357 IOPS)	22.3 MB/s (357 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	23.5 MB/s (22 IOPS)	23.5 MB/s (22 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	2.9 MB/s (745 IOPS)	2.9 MB/s (745 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	12.2 MB/s (195 IOPS)	12.4 MB/s (199 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	19.2 MB/s (18 IOPS)	19.2 MB/s (18 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	9.9 MB/s (2558 IOPS)	9.8 MB/s (2525 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	21.4 MB/s (343 IOPS)	21.4 MB/s (343 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	23.3 MB/s (22 IOPS)	23.3 MB/s (22 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	4.3 MB/s (1124 IOPS)	4.6 MB/s (1177 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	16.2 MB/s (259 IOPS)	17.0 MB/s (272 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	19.8 MB/s (19 IOPS)	19.8 MB/s (19 IOPS)

HardKernel eMMC (128GB)
Sequential Read 4K	81.6 MB/s (20912 IOPS)	81.5 MB/s (20866 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	134.7 MB/s (2155 IOPS)	134.7 MB/s (2156 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	152.0 MB/s (151 IOPS)	149.9 MB/s (149 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	61.8 MB/s (15840 IOPS)	61.4 MB/s (15724 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	132.2 MB/s (2115 IOPS)	132.6 MB/s (2121 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	124.2 MB/s (123 IOPS)	130.5 MB/s (130 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	37.2 MB/s (9531 IOPS)	37.2 MB/s (9528 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	112.8 MB/s (1804 IOPS)	110.6 MB/s (1769 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	150.6 MB/s (150 IOPS)	151.0 MB/s (150 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	56.7 MB/s (14529 IOPS)	56.9 MB/s (14571 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	116.9 MB/s (1870 IOPS)	110.6 MB/s (1769 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	128.0 MB/s (127 IOPS)	125.5 MB/s (124 IOPS)

Ethernet Upload	938 Mbps	939 Mbps
Ethernet Download	941 Mbps	941 Mbps

Jellyfin: 1080p H.264 → 720p	N/A	2 streams CPU 2 streams
Jellyfin: 1080p HEVC → 720p	N/A	1 stream CPU 1 stream
Jellyfin: 1080p HEVC → 1080p	N/A	1 stream CPU 1 stream
Jellyfin: 4K HEVC 10-bit → 1080p	N/A	0 (slower than real time) CPU 0 streams

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HardKernel ODROID N2+: 2GB vs 4GB

Test Environment

CPU Performance

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Geekbench 6

Geekbench 7

Memory Performance

TinyMemBench

PassMark RAM

GPU Performance

glmark2 (OpenGL)

SuperTuxKart (Gaming)

AI & LLM Performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Storage Performance

fio Storage Performance - microSD

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Network Performance

iPerf3 Network Performance

Media & Video

Jellyfin Transcoding

Benchmark Data

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HardKernel ODROID N2+: 2GB vs 4GB

Test Environment

CPU Performance

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Geekbench 6

Geekbench 7

Memory Performance

TinyMemBench

PassMark RAM

GPU Performance

glmark2 (OpenGL)

SuperTuxKart (Gaming)

AI & LLM Performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Storage Performance

fio Storage Performance - microSD

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Network Performance

iPerf3 Network Performance

Media & Video

Jellyfin Transcoding

Benchmark Data

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