Orange Pi 5 Plus vs Orange Pi 6 Plus

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated 9 November 2026

Orange Pi 5 PlusvsOrange Pi 6 Plus

Fastest

Orange Pi 6 Plus

7,130 GB6 multi-core

Best value

Orange Pi 5 Plus

23.1 GB6 pts/$ at $135

Most efficient

Orange Pi 5 Plus

7.5W under load

Comparison Summary

Here we line up the Orange Pi 5 Plus and the Orange Pi 6 Plus, comparing specifications against benchmark numbers we measured ourselves on every board. Processor-wise, there is a clear winner. The Orange Pi 6 Plus scores 7,130 in Geekbench 6 multi-core, 129% more than the Orange Pi 5 Plus manages at 3,117. On performance per dollar the Orange Pi 5 Plus comes out ahead, delivering 23.1 multi-core points per dollar at $135.00. If power budget matters, the Orange Pi 5 Plus draws the least at 7.5W under load (2.8W at idle).

Specification	Orange Pi 5 Plus 8GB RAM	Orange Pi 6 Plus 32GB RAM
Basic Specifications
Price	$135 AMZ**	$669 AMZALI
RAM	8GB	32GB
SoC	Rockchip RK3588 Mali-G610 MP4 Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)	CIX P1 Immortalis-G720 MC10 Arm China Zhouyi (30 TOPS)
Architecture	ARM	ARM
CPU Cores	8 cores 4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz 4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz	12 cores 4× Cortex-A720 @ 2.6GHz 4× Cortex-A720 @ 2.4GHz 4× Cortex-A520 @ 1.8GHz

Connectivity
USB Ports	4× USB ports 1× USB-A 2.0, 2× USB-A 3.0, 1× USB-C 3.0	6× USB ports 2× USB-A 2.0, 2× USB-A 3.2, 2× USB-C 3.2
Display Ports	2× HDMI 2.1	1× HDMI 2.0
Ethernet	2× 2.5Gbps (PoE None) RTL8125BG	2× 5.0Gbps (PoE None)
WiFi	N/A	N/A
Bluetooth	N/A	N/A
Storage & Expansion
SATA Ports	None	None
M.2 Slots	M-key PCIe 3.0 x4 (2280) E-key PCIe 2.0 x1 (2230)	M-key PCIe 4.0 x4 (2230, 2242, 2260, 2280) M-key PCIe 4.0 x4 (2230, 2242, 2260, 2280) E-key PCIe 4.0 x2 (2230)
PCIe Support	N/A	N/A
Power & I/O
Power Requirements	5.1V	20V/5A
Power Inputs	USB-C	USB-C
GPIO	40-pin RPi compatible	40-pin
Features
Real-Time Clock	Yes	Yes
Power Button	Yes	Yes
Fan Header	Yes	Yes
Mainline Linux	No	No
Armbian Support	Official	Yes

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Environment	Orange Pi 5 Plus 8GB RAM	Orange Pi 6 Plus 32GB RAM
Last Tested	12 October 2025	13 November 2025
System Configuration
OS Version	Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)	Orange Pi 1.0.2 Bookworm
Kernel Version	6.1.43-rockchip-rk3588	6.6.89-cix
CPU Governor	performance	performance
Hardware Setup
Boot Device	Crucial P5 Plus 1024GB (M.2 NVMe)	Crucial P5 Plus 1024GB (M.2 NVMe)

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.

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)863 35% slower #22 of 72

863 35% slower #22 of 72

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)1,328 #3 of 72

1,328 #3 of 72

Multi-Core

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)3,117 2.3× slower #13 of 72

3,117 2.3× slower #13 of 72

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)7,130 #1 of 72

7,130 #1 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)3,134 MIPS 18% slower #23 of 118

3,134 MIPS 18% slower #23 of 118

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)3,804 MIPS #6 of 118

3,804 MIPS #6 of 118

Multi-Core Combined

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)16,584 MIPS 2.1× slower #10 of 113

16,584 MIPS 2.1× slower #10 of 113

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)34,167 MIPS #2 of 113

34,167 MIPS #2 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)46.07 GFLOPS 3.0× slower #11 of 80

46.07 GFLOPS 3.0× slower #11 of 80

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)136.76 GFLOPS #3 of 80

136.76 GFLOPS #3 of 80

Performance/Watt

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)2.93 GFLOPS/W 6% slower #12 of 74

2.93 GFLOPS/W 6% slower #12 of 74

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)3.12 GFLOPS/W #10 of 74

3.12 GFLOPS/W #10 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)1,483 #12 of 118

1,483 #12 of 118

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)1,390 6% slower #15 of 118

1,390 6% slower #15 of 118

Multi Core

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)6,908 32% slower #5 of 109

6,908 32% slower #5 of 109

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)10,152 #1 of 109

10,152 #1 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)3,211 2.3× slower #11 of 96

3,211 2.3× slower #11 of 96

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)7,259 #2 of 96

7,259 #2 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Fastest Thread

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)3.67 kH/s 24% slower #27 of 108

3.67 kH/s 24% slower #27 of 108

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)4.83 kH/s #8 of 108

4.83 kH/s #8 of 108

Total

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)21.64 kH/s 49% slower #18 of 104

21.64 kH/s 49% slower #18 of 104

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)42.85 kH/s #4 of 104

42.85 kH/s #4 of 104

Geekbench 7

Higher Scores are Better

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)Single-Core: 1,179#3 of 11Multi-Core: 7,038#2 of 7

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

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)1,337 33% slower #18 of 87

1,337 33% slower #18 of 87

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)1,987 #4 of 87

1,987 #4 of 87

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)memcpy: 16,196.5 MB/s#3 of 65memset: 35,067.7 MB/s#5 of 65

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

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)9.47 tok/s 44% slower #19 of 66

9.47 tok/s 44% slower #19 of 66

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)16.95 tok/s #4 of 66

16.95 tok/s #4 of 66

Tokens/Watt

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)0.87 tok/W #23 of 64

0.87 tok/W #23 of 64

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)0.56 tok/W 36% slower #46 of 64

0.56 tok/W 36% slower #46 of 64

Tokens/Dollar

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)0.07 tok/$ #12 of 59

0.07 tok/$ #12 of 59

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)0.07 tok/$ #12 of 59

0.07 tok/$ #12 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

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)7.6 MB/s 7% slower

7.6 MB/s 7% slower

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)8.2 MB/s

8.2 MB/s

4K Random Write

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)11.1 MB/s

11.1 MB/s

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)6.6 MB/s 41% slower

6.6 MB/s 41% slower

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)993.3 MB/s

993.3 MB/s

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)885.2 MB/s 11% slower

885.2 MB/s 11% slower

4K Random Write

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)738.6 MB/s

738.6 MB/s

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)627 MB/s 15% slower

627 MB/s 15% slower

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Orange Pi 32GB (32GB eMMC)

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)4K Random Read: 33.4 MB/s4K Random Write: 49.8 MB/s

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

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)2,353 Mbps 50% slower

2,353 Mbps 50% slower

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)4,682 Mbps

4,682 Mbps

Ethernet Down

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)2,352 Mbps 50% slower

2,352 Mbps 50% slower

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)4,675 Mbps

4,675 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)2.8W #46 of 74

2.8W #46 of 74

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)13.3W 4.8× more #73 of 74

13.3W 4.8× more #73 of 74

Load Power

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)7.5W #79 of 105

7.5W #79 of 105

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)26.6W 3.5× more #104 of 105

26.6W 3.5× more #104 of 105

Ollama Max

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)10.9W #44 of 64

10.9W #44 of 64

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)35.7W 3.3× more #64 of 64

35.7W 3.3× more #64 of 64

Linpack Max

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)15.7W #54 of 75

15.7W #54 of 75

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)43.8W 2.8× more #74 of 75

43.8W 2.8× more #74 of 75

Benchmark	Orange Pi 5 Plus 8GB RAM	Orange Pi 6 Plus 32GB RAM

Geekbench 6 Single-Core	863	1328
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core	3117	7130
Geekbench 7 Single-Core	N/A	1179
Geekbench 7 Multi-Core	N/A	7038
7-Zip Single-Core Combined	3134 MIPS	3804 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Combined	16584 MIPS	34167 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Compression	3065 MIPS	3654 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Compression	15761 MIPS	36968 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Decompression	3202 MIPS	3954 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Decompression	17407 MIPS	31365 MIPS
Linpack Performance	46.068 GFLOPS	136.76 GFLOPS
Linpack Performance/Watt	2.934 GFLOPS/W	3.122 GFLOPS/W
UnixBench Single Core	1483	1390
UnixBench Multi Core	6908	10152
PassMark CPU Score	3211	7259
CPU Mining Single Core	3.67 kH/s	4.83 kH/s
CPU Mining Multi Core	21.64 kH/s	42.85 kH/s

TinyMemBench memcpy	N/A	16196.5 MB/s
TinyMemBench memset	N/A	35067.7 MB/s
PassMark RAM Score	1337	1987

deepseek-r1:1.5b
Tokens per Second	9.47 tok/s	16.95 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.87 tok/W	0.56 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	0.07 tok/$	0.07 tok/$
Max Power	10.9W	30.3W
deepseek-r1:8b
Tokens per Second	N/A	4.83 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	N/A	0.14 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	N/A	0.02 tok/$
Max Power	N/A	34.9W
deepseek-r1:14b
Tokens per Second	N/A	3.34 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	N/A	0.09 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	N/A	0.01 tok/$
Max Power	N/A	35.7W

Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB)
Sequential Read 4K	14.5 MB/s (3717 IOPS)	36.3 MB/s (9308 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	37.7 MB/s (602 IOPS)	34.8 MB/s (557 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	67.9 MB/s (67 IOPS)	37.5 MB/s (37 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	7.7 MB/s (1976 IOPS)	18.7 MB/s (4809 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	16.3 MB/s (260 IOPS)	18.4 MB/s (295 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	55.8 MB/s (55 IOPS)	19.8 MB/s (19 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	7.6 MB/s (1954 IOPS)	8.2 MB/s (2114 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	36.8 MB/s (589 IOPS)	27.7 MB/s (444 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	65.5 MB/s (65 IOPS)	37.0 MB/s (36 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	11.1 MB/s (2849 IOPS)	6.6 MB/s (1689 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	39.3 MB/s (629 IOPS)	15.9 MB/s (254 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	60.0 MB/s (59 IOPS)	19.6 MB/s (19 IOPS)

Orange Pi 32GB (32GB)
Sequential Read 4K	46.4 MB/s (11889 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Read 64K	52.4 MB/s (838 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Read 1M	241.0 MB/s (240 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Write 4K	55.7 MB/s (14266 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Write 64K	166.8 MB/s (2669 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Write 1M	199.3 MB/s (198 IOPS)	N/A
Random Read 4K	33.4 MB/s (8553 IOPS)	N/A
Random Read 64K	193.2 MB/s (3090 IOPS)	N/A
Random Read 1M	293.3 MB/s (292 IOPS)	N/A
Random Write 4K	49.8 MB/s (12760 IOPS)	N/A
Random Write 64K	164.9 MB/s (2638 IOPS)	N/A
Random Write 1M	191.4 MB/s (190 IOPS)	N/A

Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB)
Sequential Read 4K	1069.9 MB/s (273906 IOPS)	946.9 MB/s (242406 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	1312.6 MB/s (21002 IOPS)	1306.7 MB/s (20907 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	3127.6 MB/s (3127 IOPS)	4239.3 MB/s (4238 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	750.2 MB/s (192061 IOPS)	649.8 MB/s (166370 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	2876.3 MB/s (46021 IOPS)	4423.3 MB/s (70772 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	2879.6 MB/s (2879 IOPS)	4420.0 MB/s (4419 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	993.3 MB/s (254297 IOPS)	885.2 MB/s (226625 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	3123.4 MB/s (49973 IOPS)	4181.7 MB/s (66907 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	3127.6 MB/s (3127 IOPS)	5983.7 MB/s (5983 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	738.6 MB/s (189099 IOPS)	627.0 MB/s (160531 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	2874.6 MB/s (45994 IOPS)	4406.9 MB/s (70511 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	2877.0 MB/s (2876 IOPS)	4423.5 MB/s (4423 IOPS)

Idle Power	2.8W	13.3W
Load Power	7.5W	26.6W
Ollama Max Power	10.9W	35.7W
Linpack Max Power	15.7W	43.8W

Ethernet Upload	2353 Mbps	4682 Mbps
Ethernet Download	2352 Mbps	4675 Mbps

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is faster, the Orange Pi 6 Plus or the Orange Pi 5 Plus?

The Orange Pi 6 Plus is faster in our testing, scoring 7,130 in Geekbench 6 multi-core versus 3,117 for the Orange Pi 5 Plus, a 129% advantage.

Which board is the best value?

Of the boards in this comparison, the Orange Pi 5 Plus offers the best performance per dollar: 23.1 Geekbench 6 multi-core points per dollar at $135.00.

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Orange Pi 5 Plus vs Orange Pi 6 Plus

Comparison Summary

Test Environment

CPU Performance

Geekbench 6

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Geekbench 7

Memory Performance

PassMark RAM

TinyMemBench

AI & LLM Performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Storage Performance

fio Storage Performance - microSD

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Network Performance

iPerf3 Network Performance

Power & Thermal

Power Consumption

Benchmark Data

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is faster, the Orange Pi 6 Plus or the Orange Pi 5 Plus?

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Orange Pi 5 Plus vs Orange Pi 6 Plus

Comparison Summary

Test Environment

CPU Performance

Geekbench 6

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Geekbench 7

Memory Performance

PassMark RAM

TinyMemBench

AI & LLM Performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Storage Performance

fio Storage Performance - microSD

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Network Performance

iPerf3 Network Performance

Power & Thermal

Power Consumption

Benchmark Data

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is faster, the Orange Pi 6 Plus or the Orange Pi 5 Plus?

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