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Raspberry Pi 5 vs Radxa X4 vs Orange Pi 5 Plus

Tested by Bret Weber Last updated

Raspberry Pi 5vsRadxa X4vsOrange Pi 5 Plus

Fastest

Orange Pi 5 Plus

3,117 GB6 multi-core

Best value

Radxa X4

29.8 GB6 pts/$ at $100

Most efficient

Raspberry Pi 5

6.5W under load

Comparison Summary

Here we line up the Raspberry Pi 5, the Radxa X4 and the Orange Pi 5 Plus, comparing specifications against benchmark numbers we measured ourselves on every board. Processor-wise, there is a clear winner. The Orange Pi 5 Plus scores 3,117 in Geekbench 6 multi-core, 5% more than the Radxa X4 manages at 2,981. On performance per dollar the Radxa X4 comes out ahead, delivering 29.8 multi-core points per dollar at $99.99. The Raspberry Pi 5 is the most frugal under load, drawing 6.5W.

Read our individual reviews:

Specification
Radxa X4
8GB RAM
Basic Specifications
RAM Size
StandardStandard
Price
$188.92
$99.99
$135
RAM8GB8GB8GB
SoC
VideoCore VII
Intel® UHD Graphics
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMx86ARM
CPU Cores
4 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4 cores
4× Alder Lake-N @ 3.4GHz
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
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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.

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Detailed Reviews

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

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)
Radxa X4 (8GB)
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)902 27% slower #13 of 72
Radxa X4 (8GB)1,243 #7 of 72
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)863 31% slower #22 of 72
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)2,188 30% slower #26 of 72
Radxa X4 (8GB)2,981 4% slower #20 of 72
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)3,117 #13 of 72

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)3,334 MIPS 11% slower #14 of 118
Radxa X4 (8GB)3,756 MIPS #7 of 118
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)3,134 MIPS 17% slower #23 of 118
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)12,000 MIPS 28% slower #27 of 113
Radxa X4 (8GB)9,597 MIPS 42% slower #44 of 113
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)16,584 MIPS #10 of 113

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)36.6 GFLOPS 21% slower #23 of 80
Radxa X4 (8GB)27.19 GFLOPS 41% slower #31 of 80
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)46.07 GFLOPS #11 of 80
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)3.16 GFLOPS/W #9 of 74
Radxa X4 (8GB)1.23 GFLOPS/W 2.6× slower #63 of 74
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)2.93 GFLOPS/W 7% slower #12 of 74

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)1,654 #2 of 118
Radxa X4 (8GB)1,625 2% slower #10 of 118
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)1,483 10% slower #12 of 118
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)4,920 29% slower #22 of 109
Radxa X4 (8GB)3,952 43% slower #37 of 109
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)6,908 #5 of 109

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)2,394 50% slower #24 of 96
Radxa X4 (8GB)4,782 #7 of 96
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)3,211 33% slower #11 of 96

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)3.86 kH/s 31% slower #14 of 108
Radxa X4 (8GB)5.61 kH/s #4 of 108
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)3.67 kH/s 35% slower #27 of 108
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)15.43 kH/s 30% slower #34 of 104
Radxa X4 (8GB)22.13 kH/s #13 of 104
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)21.64 kH/s 2% slower #18 of 104

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)1,374 24% slower #16 of 87
Radxa X4 (8GB)1,815 #8 of 87
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)1,337 26% slower #18 of 87

GPU Performance

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

glmark2 (OpenGL)

Higher Scores are Better

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)1080p: 657#11 of 274K: 150#12 of 20

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

vkmark (Vulkan)

Higher Scores are Better

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)1080p: 406#5 of 64K: 93#5 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

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)12.02 tok/s 13% slower #8 of 66
Radxa X4 (8GB)13.77 tok/s #6 of 66
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)9.47 tok/s 31% slower #19 of 66
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)1.24 tok/W #5 of 64
Radxa X4 (8GB)0.69 tok/W 44% slower #37 of 64
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)0.87 tok/W 30% slower #23 of 64
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)0.06 tok/$ 2.3× slower #18 of 59
Radxa X4 (8GB)0.14 tok/$ #3 of 59
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)0.07 tok/$ 2.0× slower #12 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
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)22 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)No Data
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)7.6 MB/s 2.9× slower
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)15.1 MB/s
Radxa X4 (8GB)No Data
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)11.1 MB/s 26% slower

fio Storage Performance - M.2 NVMe

Higher Speeds are Better • Crucial P5 Plus (1024GB M.2 NVMe), Western Digital Black SN770M (500GB M.2 NVMe)

4K Random Read
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)866.5 MB/s 19% slower
Radxa X4 (8GB)1,069.6 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)993.3 MB/s 7% slower
4K Random Write
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)590.6 MB/s 42% slower
Radxa X4 (8GB)1,013.3 MB/s
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)738.6 MB/s 27% slower

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Orange Pi 32GB (32GB eMMC)

Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)4K Random Read: 33.4 MB/s4K Random Write: 49.8 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
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)937 Mbps 2.5× slower
Radxa X4 (8GB)2,350 Mbps
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)2,353 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)941 Mbps 2.5× slower
Radxa X4 (8GB)2,355 Mbps
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)2,352 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)No Data
Radxa X4 (8GB)No Data
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)2.8W #46 of 74
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)6.5W #69 of 105
Radxa X4 (8GB)12.2W 88% more #100 of 105
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)7.5W 15% more #79 of 105
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)10.8W #42 of 64
Radxa X4 (8GB)20.5W 90% more #60 of 64
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)10.9W 1% more #44 of 64
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)11.6W #45 of 75
Radxa X4 (8GB)22.1W 91% more #70 of 75
Orange Pi 5 Plus (8GB)15.7W 35% more #54 of 75

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is faster, the Orange Pi 5 Plus or the Radxa X4?

The Orange Pi 5 Plus is faster in our testing, scoring 3,117 in Geekbench 6 multi-core versus 2,981 for the Radxa X4, a 5% advantage.

Which board is the best value?

Of the boards in this comparison, the Radxa X4 offers the best performance per dollar: 29.8 Geekbench 6 multi-core points per dollar at $99.99.