Orange Pi 5B

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated 23 October 2026

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Geekbench 6

3,056

multi-core · 866 single-core

Power draw

6.9W load

Price

$202.50

Performance Summary

At the heart of the Orange Pi 5B sits the Rockchip RK3588S, giving this ARM board 8 CPU cores alongside 4GB of memory. In our hands-on testing it scored 3,056 multi-core and 866 single-core in Geekbench 6, plus 16,402 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression. Raw floating point throughput came in at 38.20 GFLOPS in Linpack.

Specification	Orange Pi 5B 4GB RAM
Basic Specifications
Price	$202.5 AMZALI
RAM	4GB
SoC	Rockchip RK3588S Mali-G610 MP4 Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Architecture	ARM
CPU Cores	8 cores 4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz 4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
Hardware Video Decode	H.264, HEVC, HEVC 10-bit, VP9, VP9 10-bit, AV1, AV1 10-bit, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, MJPEG Up to 4K60 Tested formats and drivers

Connectivity
USB Ports	4× USB ports 2× USB-A 2.0, 1× USB-A 3.0, 1× USB-C 3.0
Display Ports	1× HDMI 2.1
Ethernet	1.0Gbps (PoE No) YT8531C
WiFi	802.11ax
Bluetooth	5.3, BLE
Storage & Expansion
SATA Ports	None
M.2 Slots	N/A
PCIe Support	N/A
Power & I/O
Power Requirements	5.1V
Power Inputs	USB-C
GPIO	40-pin
Features
Real-Time Clock	No
Power Button	Yes
Fan Header	Yes
Mainline Linux	No
Armbian Support	Community

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Environment

Orange Pi 5B

4GB RAM

Last Tested

19 July 2025

System Configuration

OS Version

Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS

Kernel Version

5.10.110-rockchip-rk3588

CPU Governor

performance

Video Hardware

Jellyfin Hardware Path

Rockchip MPP

Hardware Decoding Tested With

FFmpeg for Rockchip (MPP)

Video Decoder Driver

Rockchip MPP

Drivers Installed by the Test

None: the image had everything

Hardware Decoder Support

Format	1080p30	1080p60	4K30	4K60
H.264	Works	Works	Works	Works
HEVC	Works	Works	Works	Works
HEVC 10-bit	Works	–	Works	–
VP9	Works	–	Works	–
VP9 10-bit	Works	–	Works	–
AV1	Works	–	Works	–
AV1 10-bit	Works	–	Works	–
VP8	Fails	–	–	–
MPEG-2	Works	–	–	–
MPEG-4 Part 2	Works	–	–	–
MJPEG	Works	–	–	–
H.264 Encode	Works
HEVC Encode	Works

Hardware Setup

Boot Device

Orange Pi 5B 32GB (eMMC)

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:

•Orange Pi 5B Review

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)866 #20 of 72

866 #20 of 72

Multi-Core

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)3,056 #15 of 72

3,056 #15 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)3,149 MIPS #20 of 118

3,149 MIPS #20 of 118

Multi-Core Combined

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)16,402 MIPS #13 of 113

16,402 MIPS #13 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)38.2 GFLOPS #20 of 80

38.2 GFLOPS #20 of 80

Performance/Watt

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)2.5 GFLOPS/W #26 of 74

2.5 GFLOPS/W #26 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)1,171 #23 of 118

1,171 #23 of 118

Multi Core

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)5,454 #14 of 109

5,454 #14 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)3,162 #16 of 96

3,162 #16 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Fastest Thread

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)4.39 kH/s #12 of 108

4.39 kH/s #12 of 108

Total

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)24.7 kH/s #10 of 104

24.7 kH/s #10 of 104

MAME: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

Higher Speed is Better

Emulation Speed

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)1,334.91% #2 of 22

1,334.91% #2 of 22

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)10,294.6 MB/s #12 of 65

10,294.6 MB/s #12 of 65

memset

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)28,293.7 MB/s #7 of 65

28,293.7 MB/s #7 of 65

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)1,235 #25 of 87

1,235 #25 of 87

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)9.18 tok/s #20 of 66

9.18 tok/s #20 of 66

Tokens/Watt

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)0.88 tok/W #20 of 64

0.88 tok/W #20 of 64

Tokens/Dollar

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)0.05 tok/$ #29 of 59

0.05 tok/$ #29 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 5B (4GB)8.4 MB/s

8.4 MB/s

4K Random Write

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)10.8 MB/s

10.8 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Orange Pi 5B (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)27.9 MB/s

27.9 MB/s

4K Random Write

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)32.3 MB/s

32.3 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)942 Mbps

942 Mbps

Ethernet Down

Orange Pi 5B (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

1080p HEVC → 720p

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)40 #1 of 13Rockchip MPP

40 #1 of 13Rockchip MPP

4K HEVC 10-bit → 1080p

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)9 #1 of 4Rockchip MPP

9 #1 of 4Rockchip MPP

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

Video Decoding

Software decoding on the CPU, higher fps is better

HEVC 1080p

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)163.34 fps #2 of 21

163.34 fps #2 of 21

AV1 4K

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)63.52 fps #2 of 19

63.52 fps #2 of 19

8 more workloads and the hardware decode speeds are in the benchmark table · every board ranked

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)6.9W #75 of 105

6.9W #75 of 105

Ollama Max

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)10.4W #40 of 64

10.4W #40 of 64

Linpack Max

Orange Pi 5B (4GB)15.3W #52 of 75

15.3W #52 of 75

Benchmark	Orange Pi 5B 4GB RAM

Geekbench 6 Single-Core	866
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core	3056
7-Zip Single-Core Combined	3149 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Combined	16402 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Compression	3047 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Compression	15339 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Decompression	3252 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Decompression	17465 MIPS
Linpack Performance	38.199 GFLOPS
Linpack Performance/Watt	2.497 GFLOPS/W
UnixBench Single Core	1171
UnixBench Multi Core	5454
PassMark CPU Score	3162
CPU Mining Single Core	4.39 kH/s
CPU Mining Multi Core	24.7 kH/s
MAME: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior	1334.91%

TinyMemBench memcpy	10294.6 MB/s
TinyMemBench memset	28293.7 MB/s
PassMark RAM Score	1235

deepseek-r1:1.5b
Tokens per Second	9.18 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.88 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	0.05 tok/$
Max Power	10.4W

Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB)
Sequential Read 4K	45.2 MB/s (11582 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	64.7 MB/s (1035 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	65.0 MB/s (64 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	25.8 MB/s (6604 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	55.6 MB/s (889 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	56.4 MB/s (55 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	8.4 MB/s (2157 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	37.7 MB/s (603 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	64.9 MB/s (64 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	10.8 MB/s (2780 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	42.2 MB/s (675 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	60.4 MB/s (59 IOPS)

Orange Pi 5B (32GB)
Sequential Read 4K	75.0 MB/s (19217 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	55.6 MB/s (890 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	273.1 MB/s (272 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	33.5 MB/s (8580 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	125.6 MB/s (2010 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	195.6 MB/s (195 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	27.9 MB/s (7161 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	129.7 MB/s (2075 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	269.8 MB/s (269 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	32.3 MB/s (8280 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	155.7 MB/s (2490 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	187.0 MB/s (186 IOPS)

Load Power	6.9W
Ollama Max Power	10.4W
Linpack Max Power	15.3W

Ethernet Upload	942 Mbps
Ethernet Download	941 Mbps

Jellyfin: 1080p H.264 → 720p	32 streams CPU 3 streams · Rockchip MPP 32 streams
Jellyfin: 1080p HEVC → 720p	40 streams CPU 3 streams · Rockchip MPP 40 streams
Jellyfin: 1080p HEVC → 1080p	22 streams CPU 2 streams · Rockchip MPP 22 streams
Jellyfin: 4K HEVC 10-bit → 1080p	9 streams CPU 0 streams · Rockchip MPP 9 streams
H.264 1080p Decode	238 fps 9.9× real time on the CPU Hardware (Rockchip MPP): 684 fps
HEVC 1080p Decode	163 fps 6.8× real time on the CPU Hardware (Rockchip MPP): 1,085 fps
HEVC 10-bit 1080p Decode	101 fps 4.2× real time on the CPU Hardware (Rockchip MPP): 609 fps
VP9 1080p Decode	240 fps 10.0× real time on the CPU Hardware (Rockchip MPP): 899 fps
AV1 1080p Decode	211 fps 8.8× real time on the CPU Hardware (Rockchip MPP): 310 fps
HEVC 4K Decode	41.2 fps 1.7× real time on the CPU Hardware (Rockchip MPP): 257 fps
AV1 4K Decode	63.5 fps 2.6× real time on the CPU Hardware (Rockchip MPP): 90.5 fps
H.264 1080p Decode (One Thread)	66.2 fps 2.8× real time on the CPU
H.264 → HEVC Conversion	12.5 fps 86% smaller than the H.264 source
H.264 → AV1 Conversion	27.9 fps 82% smaller than the H.264 source

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the Orange Pi 5B?

In our testing the Orange Pi 5B scored 3,056 in Geekbench 6 multi-core and 866 in single-core, with 16,402 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression.

How much power does the Orange Pi 5B use?

We measured the Orange Pi 5B drawing 6.9W under sustained CPU load.

How much does the Orange Pi 5B cost?

The Orange Pi 5B is listed at $202.50 for the 4GB RAM configuration. Street prices vary by retailer and availability.

See how the Orange Pi 5B stacks up against another board, side by side.

Orange Pi 5B

Performance Summary

Test Environment

Detailed Reviews

CPU Performance

Geekbench 6

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

MAME: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

Memory Performance

TinyMemBench

PassMark RAM

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

Video Decoding

Power & Thermal

Power Consumption

Benchmark Data

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the Orange Pi 5B?

How much power does the Orange Pi 5B use?

How much does the Orange Pi 5B cost?

Orange Pi 5B

Performance Summary

Test Environment

Detailed Reviews

CPU Performance

Geekbench 6

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

MAME: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

Memory Performance

TinyMemBench

PassMark RAM

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

Video Decoding

Power & Thermal

Power Consumption

Benchmark Data

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the Orange Pi 5B?

How much power does the Orange Pi 5B use?

How much does the Orange Pi 5B cost?

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