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Banana Pi BPI-M5 vs Orange Pi Zero 3W: Comparison

Banana Pi BPI-M5 and Orange Pi Zero 3W separate most on memory: Banana Pi BPI-M5 at 4, Orange Pi Zero 3W at 16, 75% in favour of Orange Pi Zero 3W. They match on cpu architecture and gpio header.

Banana Pi BPI-M5 (Single-Board Computer/Amlogic S905X3/Quad-Core Cortex-A55 1.8GHz/4GB LPDDR4/Raspberry Pi Form-Factor Alternative)
Banana PiBanana Pi BPI-M5

$65.00

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Orange Pi Zero 3W (Single-Board Computer/Allwinner A733/Octa-Core Cortex-A76+A55/Up to 16GB LPDDR5/3 TOPS NPU/WiFi 6)
OrangeOrange Pi Zero 3W

Specs

Specification
Banana Pi BPI-M5 (Single-Board Computer/Amlogic S905X3/Quad-Core Cortex-A55 1.8GHz/4GB LPDDR4/Raspberry Pi Form-Factor Alternative)
Banana Pi BPI-M5
Orange Pi Zero 3W (Single-Board Computer/Allwinner A733/Octa-Core Cortex-A76+A55/Up to 16GB LPDDR5/3 TOPS NPU/WiFi 6)
Orange Pi Zero 3W
BrandBanana PiOrange Pi
CPU ArchitectureARMARM
Memory4-75%16
Storage TypeeMMCmicroSD
Has AI Accelerator / NPUfalsetrue
WirelessWiFi 5WiFi 6
GPIO Headertruetrue
Use CaseGeneral PurposeUltra-Compact / Budget
ModelBPI-M5Orange Pi Zero 3W
ProcessorAmlogic S905X3, Quad-Core Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHzOcta-core: 2x Cortex-A76 up to 2.0GHz + 6x Cortex-A55
GPUMali-G31 MP2Imagination PowerVR BXM-4-64 MC1, OpenGL ES 3.2/Vulkan 1.3/OpenCL 3.0

Price comparison

RetailerBanana Pi BPI-M5Orange Pi Zero 3W
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$65.00

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Verdict

Banana Pi BPI-M5

6.9 / 10 Expert Rating

A solid, GPIO-compatible Pi alternative for media and general tinkering, though the driver ecosystem needs more patience than the official Raspberry Pi line.

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