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Orange Pi Zero 3

Orange Pi Zero 3

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated

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Geekbench 6

433

multi-core · 146 single-core

Power draw

2.2W load

Price

$73.13

Performance Summary

Orange Pi's Zero 3 runs on the Allwinner H618, an ARM chip with 4 cores, and ships here with 4GB of RAM. Our benchmarks put its Geekbench 6 result at 433 multi-core and 146 single-core, with 7-Zip compression reaching 3,784 MIPS. It also delivered 10.81 GFLOPS in our Linpack run.

Specification
Orange Pi Zero 3
4GB RAM
Basic Specifications
Price
$73.13
AmazonAMZ**AliExpressALI**
RAM4GB
SoC
Allwinner H618
Mali-G31 MP2
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz
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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 Zero 3 (4GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)146 #61 of 72
Multi-Core
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)433 #63 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)1,092 MIPS #87 of 118
Multi-Core Combined
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)3,784 MIPS #84 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)10.81 GFLOPS #56 of 80
Performance/Watt
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)2.74 GFLOPS/W #16 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)372 #66 of 118
Multi Core
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)1,310 #67 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)472 #74 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Fastest Thread
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)1.38 kH/s #75 of 108
Total
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)5.51 kH/s #74 of 104

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)418 #75 of 87

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)2.35 tok/s #54 of 66
Tokens/Watt
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)0.9 tok/W #18 of 64
Tokens/Dollar
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)0.03 tok/$ #41 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 Zero 3 (4GB)6.5 MB/s
4K Random Write
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)8.3 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)808 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)2.2W #15 of 105
Ollama Max
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)2.6W #2 of 64
Linpack Max
Orange Pi Zero 3 (4GB)3.9W #4 of 75

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the Orange Pi Zero 3?

In our testing the Orange Pi Zero 3 scored 433 in Geekbench 6 multi-core and 146 in single-core, with 3,784 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression.

How much power does the Orange Pi Zero 3 use?

We measured the Orange Pi Zero 3 drawing 2.2W under sustained CPU load.

How much does the Orange Pi Zero 3 cost?

The Orange Pi Zero 3 is listed at $73.13 for the 4GB RAM configuration. Street prices vary by retailer and availability.

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