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Banana Pi BPI-R4 vs Radxa CM5: Comparison

Banana Pi BPI-R4 and Radxa CM5 differ on soc: Banana Pi BPI-R4 at MediaTek Filogic 880 (MT7988A), Radxa CM5 at Rockchip RK3588S2.

Banana Pi BPI-R4 (Single-Board Computer/MediaTek Filogic 880/Quad-Core Cortex-A73/WiFi 7/10GbE Router Board)
Banana PiBanana Pi BPI-R4

$189.00

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Specs

Specification
Banana Pi BPI-R4 (Single-Board Computer/MediaTek Filogic 880/Quad-Core Cortex-A73/WiFi 7/10GbE Router Board)
Banana Pi BPI-R4
Radxa CM5 (Compute Module/Rockchip RK3588S2/Octa-Core/6 TOPS NPU/Raspberry Pi CM4-Compatible)
Radxa CM5
BrandBanana PiRadxa
Memory84GB to 16GB LPDDR4X
ModelBPI-R4CM5
SoCMediaTek Filogic 880 (MT7988A)Rockchip RK3588S2
ProcessorQuad-Core Cortex-A73 up to 2.0GHzOcta-core (4x Cortex-A76 + 4x Cortex-A55)
Storage8GB eMMC + microSD, optional M.2 SATA/NVMeUp to 128GB eMMC onboard

Price comparison

RetailerBanana Pi BPI-R4Radxa CM5
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$189.00

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Verdict

Banana Pi BPI-R4

8.5 / 10 Expert Rating

The strongest DIY OpenWrt router board for multi-gigabit fiber connections, if you actually have the bandwidth to use it.

Radxa CM5

8 / 10 Expert Rating

A drop-in RK3588-class upgrade for CM4 carrier designs, with a 6 TOPS NPU and up to 16GB of RAM.

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