Orange Pi 6 Plus vs Radxa Orion O6N

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated 2 October 2026

Orange Pi 6 PlusvsRadxa Orion O6N

Fastest

Orange Pi 6 Plus

7,130 GB6 multi-core

Best value

Radxa Orion O6N

12.7 GB6 pts/$ at $549

Most efficient

Radxa Orion O6N

23.7W under load

Comparison Summary

This comparison puts the Orange Pi 6 Plus and the Radxa Orion O6N side by side using benchmark results from our own testing of each board. There is little between them on CPU grunt, with the Orange Pi 6 Plus at 7,130 Geekbench 6 multi-core points and the Radxa Orion O6N right behind at 6,954. For budget-focused builds, the Radxa Orion O6N wins the value contest at 12.7 multi-core points per dollar at $549.00. If power budget matters, the Radxa Orion O6N draws the least at 23.7W under load (9.3W at idle).

Specification	Orange Pi 6 Plus 32GB RAM	Radxa Orion O6N 32GB RAM
Basic Specifications
Price	$669 AMZALI	$549
RAM	32GB	32GB
SoC	CIX P1 Immortalis-G720 MC10 Arm China Zhouyi (30 TOPS)	CIX P1 Immortalis-G720 MC10 Arm China Zhouyi (30 TOPS)
Architecture	ARM	ARM
CPU Cores	12 cores 4× Cortex-A720 @ 2.6GHz 4× Cortex-A720 @ 2.4GHz 4× Cortex-A520 @ 1.8GHz	12 cores 4× Cortex-A720 @ 2.6GHz 4× Cortex-A720 @ 2.4GHz 4× Cortex-A520 @ 1.8GHz

Connectivity
USB Ports	6× USB ports 2× USB-A 2.0, 2× USB-A 3.2, 2× USB-C 3.2	5× USB ports 3× USB-A 2.0, 2× USB-A 3.2
Display Ports	1× HDMI 2.0	1× HDMI 2.0, 1× DisplayPort 1.4
Ethernet	2× 5.0Gbps (PoE None)	N/A
WiFi	N/A	N/A
Bluetooth	N/A	Unknown
Storage & Expansion
SATA Ports	None	None
M.2 Slots	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)	M-key PCIe 4.0 x4 (2280) M-key PCIe 4.0 x4 (2280) E-key PCIe (2230, 2242) B-key PCIe (2242, 2230)
PCIe Support	N/A	N/A
Power & I/O
Power Requirements	20V/5A	12V
Power Inputs	USB-C	Barrel Jack
GPIO	40-pin	N/A
Features
Real-Time Clock	Yes	No
Power Button	Yes	No
Fan Header	Yes	No
Mainline Linux	No	No
Armbian Support	Yes	No

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Environment	Orange Pi 6 Plus 32GB RAM	Radxa Orion O6N 32GB RAM
Last Tested	13 November 2025	10 December 2025
System Configuration
OS Version	Orange Pi 1.0.2 Bookworm	Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel Version	6.6.89-cix	6.6.89-1-sky1
CPU Governor	performance	performance
GPU Information
GL Renderer	N/A	Mali-G720 (Panfrost)
GL Vendor	N/A	Mesa
GL Version	N/A	3.1 Mesa 25.2.6-1~bpo13+1
Vulkan Device	N/A	Mali-G720
Vulkan Driver Version	N/A	104865798
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 6 Plus (32GB)

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core

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

1,328 #3 of 72

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)1,327 #4 of 72

1,327 #4 of 72

Multi-Core

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

7,130 #1 of 72

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)6,954 2% slower #3 of 72

6,954 2% slower #3 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)3,804 MIPS 2% slower #6 of 118

3,804 MIPS 2% slower #6 of 118

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)3,867 MIPS #4 of 118

3,867 MIPS #4 of 118

Multi-Core Combined

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

34,167 MIPS #2 of 113

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)33,823 MIPS 1% slower #3 of 113

33,823 MIPS 1% slower #3 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance

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

136.76 GFLOPS #3 of 80

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)137.16 GFLOPS #2 of 80

137.16 GFLOPS #2 of 80

Performance/Watt

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)3.12 GFLOPS/W 11% slower #10 of 74

3.12 GFLOPS/W 11% slower #10 of 74

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)3.52 GFLOPS/W #3 of 74

3.52 GFLOPS/W #3 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core

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

1,390 #15 of 118

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)1,386 #16 of 118

1,386 #16 of 118

Multi Core

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

10,152 #1 of 109

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)9,742 4% slower #3 of 109

9,742 4% slower #3 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score

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

7,259 #2 of 96

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)7,269 #1 of 96

7,269 #1 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Fastest Thread

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

4.83 kH/s #8 of 108

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)4.84 kH/s #7 of 108

4.84 kH/s #7 of 108

Total

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

42.85 kH/s #4 of 104

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)42.99 kH/s #2 of 104

42.99 kH/s #2 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

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)16,196.5 MB/s 1% slower #3 of 65

16,196.5 MB/s 1% slower #3 of 65

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)16,366.2 MB/s #2 of 65

16,366.2 MB/s #2 of 65

memset

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)35,067.7 MB/s 15% slower #5 of 65

35,067.7 MB/s 15% slower #5 of 65

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)41,322.3 MB/s #2 of 65

41,322.3 MB/s #2 of 65

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score

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

1,987 #4 of 87

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)1,953 2% slower #5 of 87

1,953 2% slower #5 of 87

GPU Performance

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

glmark2 (OpenGL)

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)1080p: 1,717#1 of 274K: 632#1 of 20

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

vkmark (Vulkan)

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)1080p: 902#3 of 64K: 309#4 of 6

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 6 Plus (32GB)16.95 tok/s 11% slower #4 of 66

16.95 tok/s 11% slower #4 of 66

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)19.04 tok/s #3 of 66

19.04 tok/s #3 of 66

Tokens/Watt

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)0.56 tok/W 18% slower #46 of 64

0.56 tok/W 18% slower #46 of 64

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)0.68 tok/W #39 of 64

0.68 tok/W #39 of 64

Tokens/Dollar

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

0.07 tok/$ #12 of 59

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)0.03 tok/$ 2.3× slower #41 of 59

0.03 tok/$ 2.3× slower #41 of 59

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read

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

885.2 MB/s

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)863.6 MB/s 2% slower

863.6 MB/s 2% slower

4K Random Write

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)627 MB/s 2% slower

627 MB/s 2% slower

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)640.7 MB/s

640.7 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - microSD

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB microSD)

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)4K Random Read: 8.2 MB/s4K Random Write: 6.6 MB/s

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

fio Storage Performance - UFS

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa UFS (128GB UFS)

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)4K Random Read: 16.3 MB/s4K Random Write: 20.4 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 6 Plus (32GB)4,682 Mbps

4,682 Mbps

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)942 Mbps 5.0× slower

942 Mbps 5.0× slower

Ethernet Down

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

4,675 Mbps

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)941 Mbps 5.0× slower

941 Mbps 5.0× slower

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)13.3W 43% more #73 of 74

13.3W 43% more #73 of 74

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)9.3W #72 of 74

9.3W #72 of 74

Load Power

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)26.6W 12% more #104 of 105

26.6W 12% more #104 of 105

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)23.7W #102 of 105

23.7W #102 of 105

Ollama Max

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)35.7W 5% more #64 of 64

35.7W 5% more #64 of 64

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)33.9W #63 of 64

33.9W #63 of 64

Linpack Max

Orange Pi 6 Plus (32GB)43.8W 12% more #74 of 75

43.8W 12% more #74 of 75

Radxa Orion O6N (32GB)39W #72 of 75

39W #72 of 75

Benchmark	Orange Pi 6 Plus 32GB RAM	Radxa Orion O6N 32GB RAM

Geekbench 6 Single-Core	1328	1327
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core	7130	6954
Geekbench 7 Single-Core	1179	N/A
Geekbench 7 Multi-Core	7038	N/A
7-Zip Single-Core Combined	3804 MIPS	3867 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Combined	34167 MIPS	33823 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Compression	3654 MIPS	3640 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Compression	36968 MIPS	36279 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Decompression	3954 MIPS	4093 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Decompression	31365 MIPS	31366 MIPS
Linpack Performance	136.76 GFLOPS	137.16 GFLOPS
Linpack Performance/Watt	3.122 GFLOPS/W	3.516 GFLOPS/W
UnixBench Single Core	1390	1386
UnixBench Multi Core	10152	9742
PassMark CPU Score	7259	7269
CPU Mining Single Core	4.83 kH/s	4.84 kH/s
CPU Mining Multi Core	42.85 kH/s	42.99 kH/s

TinyMemBench memcpy	16196.5 MB/s	16366.2 MB/s
TinyMemBench memset	35067.7 MB/s	41322.3 MB/s
PassMark RAM Score	1987	1953

glmark2 1080p (OpenGL)	N/A	1717
glmark2 4K (OpenGL)	N/A	632
vkmark 1080p (Vulkan)	N/A	902
vkmark 4K (Vulkan)	N/A	309

deepseek-r1:1.5b
Tokens per Second	16.95 tok/s	19.04 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.56 tok/W	0.68 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	0.07 tok/$	0.03 tok/$
Max Power	30.3W	28.1W
deepseek-r1:8b
Tokens per Second	4.83 tok/s	5.99 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.14 tok/W	0.18 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	0.02 tok/$	0.01 tok/$
Max Power	34.9W	33.9W
deepseek-r1:14b
Tokens per Second	3.34 tok/s	3.71 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.09 tok/W	0.11 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	0.01 tok/$	0.01 tok/$
Max Power	35.7W	33.2W

Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB)
Sequential Read 4K	36.3 MB/s (9308 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Read 64K	34.8 MB/s (557 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Read 1M	37.5 MB/s (37 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Write 4K	18.7 MB/s (4809 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Write 64K	18.4 MB/s (295 IOPS)	N/A
Sequential Write 1M	19.8 MB/s (19 IOPS)	N/A
Random Read 4K	8.2 MB/s (2114 IOPS)	N/A
Random Read 64K	27.7 MB/s (444 IOPS)	N/A
Random Read 1M	37.0 MB/s (36 IOPS)	N/A
Random Write 4K	6.6 MB/s (1689 IOPS)	N/A
Random Write 64K	15.9 MB/s (254 IOPS)	N/A
Random Write 1M	19.6 MB/s (19 IOPS)	N/A

Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB)
Sequential Read 4K	946.9 MB/s (242406 IOPS)	925.6 MB/s (236977 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	1306.7 MB/s (20907 IOPS)	1315.3 MB/s (21044 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	4239.3 MB/s (4238 IOPS)	4435.6 MB/s (4435 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	649.8 MB/s (166370 IOPS)	654.2 MB/s (167491 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	4423.3 MB/s (70772 IOPS)	4609.5 MB/s (73751 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	4420.0 MB/s (4419 IOPS)	4602.2 MB/s (4601 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	885.2 MB/s (226625 IOPS)	863.6 MB/s (221087 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	4181.7 MB/s (66907 IOPS)	4462.9 MB/s (71406 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	5983.7 MB/s (5983 IOPS)	6067.5 MB/s (6067 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	627.0 MB/s (160531 IOPS)	640.7 MB/s (164021 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	4406.9 MB/s (70511 IOPS)	4588.4 MB/s (73414 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	4423.5 MB/s (4423 IOPS)	4602.8 MB/s (4602 IOPS)

Radxa UFS (128GB)
Sequential Read 4K	N/A	37.7 MB/s (9674 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	N/A	115.7 MB/s (1851 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	N/A	129.6 MB/s (129 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	N/A	35.2 MB/s (9016 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	N/A	113.1 MB/s (1809 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	N/A	128.2 MB/s (127 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	N/A	16.3 MB/s (4191 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	N/A	92.4 MB/s (1478 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	N/A	127.7 MB/s (127 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	N/A	20.4 MB/s (5223 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	N/A	97.8 MB/s (1564 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	N/A	128.2 MB/s (127 IOPS)

Idle Power	13.3W	9.3W
Load Power	26.6W	23.7W
Ollama Max Power	35.7W	33.9W
Linpack Max Power	43.8W	39W

Ethernet Upload	4682 Mbps	942 Mbps
Ethernet Download	4675 Mbps	941 Mbps

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is faster, the Orange Pi 6 Plus or the Radxa Orion O6N?

The Orange Pi 6 Plus is faster in our testing, scoring 7,130 in Geekbench 6 multi-core versus 6,954 for the Radxa Orion O6N, a 3% advantage.

Which board is the best value?

Of the boards in this comparison, the Radxa Orion O6N offers the best performance per dollar: 12.7 Geekbench 6 multi-core points per dollar at $549.00.

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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

TinyMemBench

PassMark RAM

GPU Performance

glmark2 (OpenGL)

vkmark (Vulkan)

AI & LLM Performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Storage Performance

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

fio Storage Performance - microSD

fio Storage Performance - UFS

Network Performance

iPerf3 Network Performance

Power & Thermal

Power Consumption

Benchmark Data

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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

TinyMemBench

PassMark RAM

GPU Performance

glmark2 (OpenGL)

vkmark (Vulkan)

AI & LLM Performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Storage Performance

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

fio Storage Performance - microSD

fio Storage Performance - UFS

Network Performance

iPerf3 Network Performance

Power & Thermal

Power Consumption

Benchmark Data

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