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Milk-V Mars

Milk-V Mars

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated

Geekbench 6

221

multi-core · 74 single-core

Power draw

4.0W load

Price

$48.99

Performance Summary

At the heart of the Milk-V Mars sits the StarFive JH7110, giving this RISC-V board 4 CPU cores alongside 4GB of memory. In our hands-on testing it scored 221 multi-core and 74 single-core in Geekbench 6, plus 3,964 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression. Raw floating point throughput came in at 3.19 GFLOPS in Linpack.

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
$48.99
RAM4GB
SoC
Imagination BXE-4-32
ArchitectureRISC-V
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× SiFive U74 @ 1.5GHz
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Price History

$48.99 at Arace Tech, 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.

Milk-V Mars (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Milk-V Mars (4GB)74 #69 of 72
Milk-V Mars (4GB)221 #69 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Milk-V Mars (4GB)1,181 MIPS #74 of 118
Milk-V Mars (4GB)3,964 MIPS #79 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Milk-V Mars (4GB)3.19 GFLOPS #77 of 80
Milk-V Mars (4GB)0.69 GFLOPS/W #71 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Milk-V Mars (4GB)411 #60 of 118
Milk-V Mars (4GB)1,524 #59 of 109

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
Milk-V Mars (4GB)11.9 MB/s
4K Random Write
Milk-V Mars (4GB)8.3 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa eMMC (16GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Milk-V Mars (4GB)19.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Milk-V Mars (4GB)25.6 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Milk-V Mars (4GB)942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Milk-V Mars (4GB)941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Milk-V Mars (4GB)4W #42 of 105
Milk-V Mars (4GB)4.6W #10 of 75

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the Milk-V Mars?

In our testing the Milk-V Mars scored 221 in Geekbench 6 multi-core and 74 in single-core, with 3,964 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression.

How much power does the Milk-V Mars use?

We measured the Milk-V Mars drawing 4.0W under sustained CPU load.

How much does the Milk-V Mars cost?

The Milk-V Mars sells for $48.99 at the official store (Arace Tech) as of 25 October 2026 for the 4GB RAM configuration, although it was out of stock at the last check. 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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