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Radxa ROCK 5B

Radxa ROCK 5B

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated

Geekbench 6

3,043

multi-core · 849 single-core

Power draw

9.5W load

4.5W idle

Price

$159.90

Performance Summary

The Radxa ROCK 5B is an ARM single board computer built around the Rockchip RK3588, pairing 8 CPU cores with 8GB of RAM in this configuration. Benchmarked on real hardware, it managed 3,043 points in Geekbench 6 multi-core (849 single-core) and pushed 16,486 MIPS through 7-Zip compression. Raw floating point throughput came in at 41.58 GFLOPS in Linpack. Power draw measured 4.5W at idle and 9.5W under load.

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price
RAM8GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
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Price History

$159.90 at Allnet China, unchanged since 12 September 2026. Checked daily.

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

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 5B (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)849 #24 of 72
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)3,043 #16 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)3,113 MIPS #24 of 118
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)16,486 MIPS #12 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)41.58 GFLOPS #16 of 80
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)2.17 GFLOPS/W #40 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)1,376 #18 of 118
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)6,340 #7 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)2,911 #21 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)3.7 kH/s #25 of 108
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)21.76 kH/s #16 of 104

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)1,402 #13 of 87

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)0.21 tok/s #63 of 66
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)0.02 tok/W #61 of 64

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)2,352 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)2,358 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)4.5W #65 of 74
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)9.5W #93 of 105
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)14.7W #54 of 64
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)19.2W #63 of 75

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is the Radxa ROCK 5B?

In our testing the Radxa ROCK 5B scored 3,043 in Geekbench 6 multi-core and 849 in single-core, with 16,486 MIPS in multi-core 7-Zip compression.

How much power does the Radxa ROCK 5B use?

We measured the Radxa ROCK 5B drawing 4.5W at idle and 9.5W under sustained CPU load.

How much does the Radxa ROCK 5B cost?

The Radxa ROCK 5B sells for $159.90 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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