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ASUS Tinker Board S vs Pine64 Star64: Comparison

ASUS Tinker Board S and Pine64 Star64 differ on wireless: ASUS Tinker Board S at WiFi 5, Pine64 Star64 at WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2. On price, Pine64 Star64 sits at $69.99 against $79.00 for ASUS Tinker Board S.

ASUS Tinker Board S (Single-Board Computer/Rockchip RK3288/Quad-Core Cortex-A17/2GB LPDDR3/Onboard eMMC Storage)
ASUSASUS Tinker Board S

$79.00

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Pine64 Star64 (StarFive JH7110 RISC-V Quad-Core up to 1.5GHz / 4GB or 8GB LPDDR4 / Dual Gigabit Ethernet / WiFi 6 + BT 5.2)
Pine64Pine64 Star64

$69.99

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Specs

Specification
ASUS Tinker Board S (Single-Board Computer/Rockchip RK3288/Quad-Core Cortex-A17/2GB LPDDR3/Onboard eMMC Storage)
ASUS Tinker Board S
Pine64 Star64 (StarFive JH7110 RISC-V Quad-Core up to 1.5GHz / 4GB or 8GB LPDDR4 / Dual Gigabit Ethernet / WiFi 6 + BT 5.2)
Pine64 Star64
BrandASUSPine64
WirelessWiFi 5WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2
Price$79$69.99 (4GB) / $89.99 (8GB)
ModelTinker Board SStar64
SoCRockchip RK3288StarFive JH7110 (RISC-V, quad-core)
GPUMali-T760 MP4Imagination BXE-4-32

Price comparison

RetailerASUS Tinker Board SPine64 Star64
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$79.00

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$69.99

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Verdict

ASUS Tinker Board S

6.5 / 10 Expert Rating

Dated performance-wise, but the onboard eMMC still makes it a sensible pick for always-on signage and kiosk deployments.

Pine64 Star64

7 / 10 Expert Rating

An affordable, usable RISC-V board with dual Ethernet, bought for the architecture more than the speed.

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