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Libre Computer Le Potato

Libre Computer Le Potato

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated

Geekbench 6

407

multi-core · 138 single-core

Power draw

2.5W load

Price

$60.00

Performance Summary

At the heart of the Libre Computer Le Potato sits the Amlogic S905X, giving this ARM board 4 CPU cores alongside 2GB of memory. In our hands-on testing it scored 407 multi-core and 138 single-core in Geekbench 6, plus 3,820 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression. It also delivered 6.09 GFLOPS in our Linpack run.

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM2GB
SoC
Mali-450 MP3
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz
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Price History

$60.00 at LoveRPi, unchanged since 12 September 2026. Checked daily.

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.

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Detailed Reviews

Full write-ups on bret.dk, using the same benchmark data:

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)138 #64 of 72
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)407 #66 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)1,107 MIPS #81 of 118
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)3,820 MIPS #81 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)6.09 GFLOPS #74 of 80
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)1.61 GFLOPS/W #58 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)226 #100 of 118
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)860 #92 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)457 #77 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)1.22 kH/s #84 of 108
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)4.88 kH/s #81 of 104

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)1,811.1 MB/s #42 of 65
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)5,838.4 MB/s #40 of 65

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)469 #69 of 87

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)2.41 tok/s #53 of 66
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)0.67 tok/W #41 of 64
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)0.04 tok/$ #34 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
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)19.1 MB/s
4K Random Write
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)13.8 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Libre Computer eMMC (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)27.6 MB/s
4K Random Write
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)16.2 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)94 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)94 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)2.5W #24 of 105
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)3.6W #8 of 64
Libre Computer Le Potato (2GB)3.8W #3 of 75

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the Libre Computer Le Potato?

In our testing the Libre Computer Le Potato scored 407 in Geekbench 6 multi-core and 138 in single-core, with 3,820 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression.

How much power does the Libre Computer Le Potato use?

We measured the Libre Computer Le Potato drawing 2.5W under sustained CPU load.

How much does the Libre Computer Le Potato cost?

The Libre Computer Le Potato sells for $60 at the official store (LoveRPi) as of 25 October 2026 for the 2GB 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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