Radxa ROCK 5 ITX

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated 21 September 2026

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Geekbench 6

2,969

multi-core · 767 single-core

Power draw

11.5W load

Price

$119.90

Performance Summary

Radxa's ROCK 5 ITX runs on the Rockchip RK3588, an ARM chip with 8 cores, and ships here with 8GB of RAM. Our benchmarks put its Geekbench 6 result at 2,969 multi-core and 767 single-core, with 7-Zip compression reaching 15,568 MIPS. It also delivered 43.85 GFLOPS in our Linpack run.

Specification	Radxa ROCK 5 ITX 8GB RAM
Basic Specifications
Price	$119.9 ALI**OFF
RAM	8GB
SoC	Rockchip RK3588 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

Connectivity
USB Ports	6× USB ports 2× USB-A 2.0, 4× USB-A 3.0
Display Ports	1× HDMI 2.0
Ethernet	2× 2.5Gbps (PoE via HAT)
WiFi	N/A
Bluetooth	N/A
Storage & Expansion
SATA Ports	4× SATA 3
M.2 Slots	M-key PCIe 3.0 x2 (2280) E-key PCIe 2.0 x1 (2230)
PCIe Support	N/A
Power & I/O
Power Requirements	12V
Power Inputs	Barrel Jack, PoE+ HAT
GPIO	N/A
Features
Real-Time Clock	Yes
Power Button	Yes
Fan Header	Yes
Mainline Linux	No
Armbian Support	Official

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Price History

$119.90 at Allnet China, unchanged since 12 September 2026. Checked daily.

Official store · Allnet China$119.90 Out of stock

Out of stock at that pricePrices are before tax and shipping.

Environment	Radxa ROCK 5 ITX 8GB RAM
Last Tested	19 July 2025
System Configuration
OS Version	Armbian 25.5.2 bookworm
Kernel Version	6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx
CPU Governor	performance
Hardware Setup
Boot Device	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.

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Detailed Reviews

Full write-ups on bret.dk, using the same benchmark data:

•Radxa ROCK 5 ITX Review

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)767 #31 of 72

767 #31 of 72

Multi-Core

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)2,969 #21 of 72

2,969 #21 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)2,622 MIPS #29 of 118

2,622 MIPS #29 of 118

Multi-Core Combined

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)15,568 MIPS #19 of 113

15,568 MIPS #19 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)43.85 GFLOPS #13 of 80

43.85 GFLOPS #13 of 80

Performance/Watt

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)2.17 GFLOPS/W #39 of 74

2.17 GFLOPS/W #39 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)1,075 #30 of 118

1,075 #30 of 118

Multi Core

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)5,300 #17 of 109

5,300 #17 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)3,191 #14 of 96

3,191 #14 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Fastest Thread

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)3.73 kH/s #24 of 108

3.73 kH/s #24 of 108

Total

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)21.68 kH/s #17 of 104

21.68 kH/s #17 of 104

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)4,300.1 MB/s #24 of 65

4,300.1 MB/s #24 of 65

memset

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)6,314 MB/s #34 of 65

6,314 MB/s #34 of 65

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)1,056 #29 of 87

1,056 #29 of 87

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)9.15 tok/s #21 of 66

9.15 tok/s #21 of 66

Tokens/Watt

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)0.62 tok/W #43 of 64

0.62 tok/W #43 of 64

Tokens/Dollar

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)0.08 tok/$ #10 of 59

0.08 tok/$ #10 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

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)8.5 MB/s

8.5 MB/s

4K Random Write

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)9.5 MB/s

9.5 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (32GB eMMC)

4K Random Read

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)67.6 MB/s

67.6 MB/s

4K Random Write

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)19.4 MB/s

19.4 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

4K Random Read

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)639.6 MB/s

639.6 MB/s

4K Random Write

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)471.3 MB/s

471.3 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)2,349 Mbps

2,349 Mbps

Ethernet Down

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)2,360 Mbps

2,360 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Load Power

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)11.5W #98 of 105

11.5W #98 of 105

Ollama Max

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)16.2W #58 of 64

16.2W #58 of 64

Linpack Max

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)20.2W #66 of 75

20.2W #66 of 75

Benchmark	Radxa ROCK 5 ITX 8GB RAM

Geekbench 6 Single-Core	767
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core	2969
7-Zip Single-Core Combined	2622 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Combined	15568 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Compression	2114 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Compression	14749 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Decompression	3131 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Decompression	16387 MIPS
Linpack Performance	43.854 GFLOPS
Linpack Performance/Watt	2.171 GFLOPS/W
UnixBench Single Core	1075
UnixBench Multi Core	5300
PassMark CPU Score	3191
CPU Mining Single Core	3.73 kH/s
CPU Mining Multi Core	21.68 kH/s

TinyMemBench memcpy	4300.1 MB/s
TinyMemBench memset	6314 MB/s
PassMark RAM Score	1056

deepseek-r1:1.5b
Tokens per Second	9.15 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.62 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	0.08 tok/$
Max Power	14.7W
deepseek-r1:8b
Tokens per Second	2.9 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.18 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	0.02 tok/$
Max Power	16.2W

Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB)
Sequential Read 4K	54.2 MB/s (13887 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	68.3 MB/s (1092 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	85.1 MB/s (84 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	23.9 MB/s (6125 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	65.1 MB/s (1041 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	66.5 MB/s (65 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	8.5 MB/s (2196 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	41.8 MB/s (668 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	84.3 MB/s (83 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	9.5 MB/s (2441 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	44.0 MB/s (704 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	71.6 MB/s (71 IOPS)

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (32GB)
Sequential Read 4K	79.6 MB/s (20377 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	96.3 MB/s (1540 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	326.6 MB/s (326 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	20.4 MB/s (5222 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	89.0 MB/s (1424 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	109.6 MB/s (109 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	67.6 MB/s (17320 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	260.2 MB/s (4163 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	328.1 MB/s (327 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	19.4 MB/s (4987 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	88.2 MB/s (1411 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	108.5 MB/s (107 IOPS)

Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB)
Sequential Read 4K	676.3 MB/s (173157 IOPS)
Sequential Read 64K	1311.6 MB/s (20986 IOPS)
Sequential Read 1M	1563.9 MB/s (1563 IOPS)
Sequential Write 4K	481.0 MB/s (123159 IOPS)
Sequential Write 64K	1531.4 MB/s (24503 IOPS)
Sequential Write 1M	1537.1 MB/s (1536 IOPS)
Random Read 4K	639.6 MB/s (163750 IOPS)
Random Read 64K	1562.2 MB/s (24996 IOPS)
Random Read 1M	1563.7 MB/s (1563 IOPS)
Random Write 4K	471.3 MB/s (120671 IOPS)
Random Write 64K	1531.6 MB/s (24505 IOPS)
Random Write 1M	1538.1 MB/s (1537 IOPS)

Load Power	11.5W
Ollama Max Power	16.2W
Linpack Max Power	20.2W

Ethernet Upload	2349 Mbps
Ethernet Download	2360 Mbps

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX?

In our testing the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX scored 2,969 in Geekbench 6 multi-core and 767 in single-core, with 15,568 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression.

How much power does the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX use?

We measured the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX drawing 11.5W under sustained CPU load.

How much does the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX cost?

The Radxa ROCK 5 ITX sells for $119.90 at the official store (Allnet China) as of 25 October 2026 for the 8GB 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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Performance Summary

Price History

Test Environment

Detailed Reviews

CPU Performance

Geekbench 6

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Memory Performance

TinyMemBench

PassMark RAM

AI & LLM Performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Storage Performance

fio Storage Performance - microSD

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Network Performance

iPerf3 Network Performance

Power & Thermal

Power Consumption

Benchmark Data

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX?

How much power does the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX use?

How much does the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX cost?

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX

Performance Summary

Price History

Test Environment

Detailed Reviews

CPU Performance

Geekbench 6

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Memory Performance

TinyMemBench

PassMark RAM

AI & LLM Performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Storage Performance

fio Storage Performance - microSD

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Network Performance

iPerf3 Network Performance

Power & Thermal

Power Consumption

Benchmark Data

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX?

How much power does the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX use?

How much does the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX cost?

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