Radxa ROCK 5 ITX vs Radxa ROCK 5B

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated 21 September 2026

Radxa ROCK 5 ITXvsRadxa ROCK 5B

Fastest

Radxa ROCK 5B

3,043 GB6 multi-core

Best value

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX

24.8 GB6 pts/$ at $120

Most efficient

Radxa ROCK 5B

9.5W under load

Comparison Summary

Here we line up the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX and the Radxa ROCK 5B, comparing specifications against benchmark numbers we measured ourselves on every board. CPU performance is close: the Radxa ROCK 5B scores 3,043 in Geekbench 6 multi-core against 2,969 for the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX, a gap of just 2%. On performance per dollar the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX comes out ahead, delivering 24.8 multi-core points per dollar at $119.90. The Radxa ROCK 5B is the most frugal under load, drawing 9.5W (4.5W at idle).

Read our individual reviews:

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX →Radxa ROCK 5B →

Specification	Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)	Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Basic Specifications
Price	$119.9 ALI**OFF	$159.9 AMZALIOFF
RAM	8GB	8GB
SoC	Rockchip RK3588 Mali-G610 MP4 Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)	Rockchip RK3588 Mali-G610 MP4 Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
Architecture	ARM	ARM
CPU Cores	8 cores 4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz 4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz	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	4× USB ports 2× USB-A 2.0, 2× USB-A 3.1
Display Ports	1× HDMI 2.0	2× HDMI 2.1
Ethernet	2× 2.5Gbps (PoE via HAT)	2.5Gbps (PoE via HAT)
WiFi	N/A	N/A
Bluetooth	N/A	N/A
Storage & Expansion
SATA Ports	4× SATA 3	None
M.2 Slots	M-key PCIe 3.0 x2 (2280) E-key PCIe 2.0 x1 (2230)	M-key PCIe 3.0 x4 (2280) E-key PCIe 2.1 x1 (2230)
PCIe Support	N/A	N/A
Power & I/O
Power Requirements	12V	5.2-20V
Power Inputs	Barrel Jack, PoE+ HAT	GPIO, PoE+ HAT, USB-C
GPIO	N/A	40-pin RPi compatible
Features
Real-Time Clock	Yes	Yes
Power Button	Yes	Yes
Fan Header	Yes	Yes
Mainline Linux	No	No
Armbian Support	Official	Official

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Environment	Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)	Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Last Tested	21 September 2026	21 September 2026
System Configuration
OS Version	Armbian 25.5.2 bookworm	Armbian 25.11.0-trunk.38 trixie
Kernel Version	6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx	6.12.44-current-rockchip64
CPU Governor	performance	performance
Hardware Setup
Boot Device	Crucial P5 Plus 1024GB (M.2 NVMe)	N/A

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

Read our comprehensive reviews from bret.dk featuring data and benchmarks from sbc.compare:

•Radxa ROCK 5 ITX Review

•Radxa ROCK 5B Review

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)767-10%

767-10%

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)849

849

Multi-Core

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)2,969-2%

2,969-2%

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)3,043

3,043

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)2,622 MIPS-16%

2,622 MIPS-16%

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)3,113 MIPS

3,113 MIPS

Multi-Core Combined

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)15,568 MIPS-6%

15,568 MIPS-6%

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)16,486 MIPS

16,486 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)43.85 GFLOPS

43.85 GFLOPS

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)41.58 GFLOPS-5%

41.58 GFLOPS-5%

Performance/Watt

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)2.17 GFLOPS/W

2.17 GFLOPS/W

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)2.17 GFLOPS/W

2.17 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)1,075-22%

1,075-22%

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)1,376

1,376

Multi Core

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)5,300-16%

5,300-16%

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)6,340

6,340

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)3,191

3,191

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)2,911-9%

2,911-9%

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)3.73 kH/s

3.73 kH/s

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)3.7 kH/s-1%

3.7 kH/s-1%

Multi Core

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)21.68 kH/s

21.68 kH/s

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)21.76 kH/s

21.76 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)1,056-25%

1,056-25%

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)1,402

1,402

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)memcpy: 4,300.1 MB/smemset: 6,314 MB/s

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

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)9.15 tok/s

9.15 tok/s

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)0.21 tok/s43.6× slower

0.21 tok/s43.6× slower

Tokens/Watt

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)0.62 tok/W

0.62 tok/W

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)0.02 tok/W31.0× slower

0.02 tok/W31.0× slower

Tokens/Dollar

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)0.08 tok/$

0.08 tok/$

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)No Data

No Data

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - microSD

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

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)4K Random Read: 8.5 MB/s4K Random Write: 9.5 MB/s

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

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

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

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)4K Random Read: 67.6 MB/s4K Random Write: 19.4 MB/s

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

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

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

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)4K Random Read: 639.6 MB/s4K Random Write: 471.3 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

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

2,349 Mbps

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)2,352 Mbps

2,352 Mbps

Ethernet Down

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

2,360 Mbps

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)2,358 Mbps

2,358 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)No Data

No Data

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)4.5W

4.5W

Load Power

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)11.5W+21%

11.5W+21%

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)9.5W

9.5W

Ollama Max

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)16.2W+10%

16.2W+10%

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)14.7W

14.7W

Linpack Max

Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)20.2W+5%

20.2W+5%

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)19.2W

19.2W

Benchmark	Radxa ROCK 5 ITX (8GB)	Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)

Geekbench 6 Single-Core	767	849
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core	2969	3043
7-Zip Single-Core Combined	2622 MIPS	3113 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Combined	15568 MIPS	16486 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Compression	2114 MIPS	3112 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Compression	14749 MIPS	15661 MIPS
7-Zip Single-Core Decompression	3131 MIPS	3115 MIPS
7-Zip Multi-Core Decompression	16387 MIPS	17312 MIPS
Linpack Performance	43.854 GFLOPS	41.581 GFLOPS
Linpack Performance/Watt	2.171 GFLOPS/W	2.166 GFLOPS/W
UnixBench Single Core	1075	1376
UnixBench Multi Core	5300	6340
PassMark CPU Score	3191	2911
CPU Mining Single Core	3.73 kH/s	3.7 kH/s
CPU Mining Multi Core	21.68 kH/s	21.76 kH/s

TinyMemBench memcpy	4300.1 MB/s	N/A
TinyMemBench memset	6314 MB/s	N/A
PassMark RAM Score	1056	1402

deepseek-r1:1.5b
Tokens per Second	9.15 tok/s	0.21 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.62 tok/W	0.02 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	0.08 tok/$	N/A
Max Power	14.7W	11.5W
deepseek-r1:8b
Tokens per Second	2.9 tok/s	0.15 tok/s
Tokens per Watt	0.18 tok/W	0.01 tok/W
Tokens per Dollar	0.02 tok/$	N/A
Max Power	16.2W	14.7W

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

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

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

Idle Power	N/A	4.5W
Load Power	11.5W	9.5W
Ollama Max Power	16.2W	14.7W
Linpack Max Power	20.2W	19.2W

Ethernet Upload	2349 Mbps	2352 Mbps
Ethernet Download	2360 Mbps	2358 Mbps

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is faster, the Radxa ROCK 5B or the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX?

The Radxa ROCK 5B is faster in our testing, scoring 3,043 in Geekbench 6 multi-core versus 2,969 for the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX, a 2% advantage.

Which board is the best value?

Of the boards in this comparison, the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX offers the best performance per dollar: 24.8 Geekbench 6 multi-core points per dollar at $119.90.

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Radxa ROCK 5 ITX vs Radxa ROCK 5B

Comparison Summary

Test Environment

Detailed Reviews

CPU Performance

Geekbench 6

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Memory Performance

PassMark RAM

TinyMemBench

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

Which is faster, the Radxa ROCK 5B or the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX?

Which board is the best value?

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Radxa ROCK 5 ITX vs Radxa ROCK 5B

Comparison Summary

Test Environment

Detailed Reviews

CPU Performance

Geekbench 6

7-Zip Benchmark

High Performance Linpack

UnixBench

PassMark CPU

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Memory Performance

PassMark RAM

TinyMemBench

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

Which is faster, the Radxa ROCK 5B or the Radxa ROCK 5 ITX?

Which board is the best value?

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