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Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10 vs Orange Pi 3B: Comparison

Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10 and Orange Pi 3B separate most on memory: Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10 at 32, Orange Pi 3B at 8, 75% in favour of Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10. They match on has ai accelerator / npu and gpio header. On price, Orange Pi 3B sits at $50.00 against $449.00 for Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10.

Banana Pi BPI-SM10 (K3-CoM260 Compute Module/SpacemiT K3 RISC-V/8-Core X100 2.4GHz/60 TOPS NPU Claim/Up to 32GB LPDDR5)
Banana PiBanana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10

$449.00

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Orange Pi 3B (Single-Board Computer/Rockchip RK3566/Quad-Core Cortex-A55 1.8GHz/Up to 8GB LPDDR4/SATA-Capable Budget Board)
OrangeOrange Pi 3B

$50.00

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Specs

Specification
Banana Pi BPI-SM10 (K3-CoM260 Compute Module/SpacemiT K3 RISC-V/8-Core X100 2.4GHz/60 TOPS NPU Claim/Up to 32GB LPDDR5)
Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10
Orange Pi 3B (Single-Board Computer/Rockchip RK3566/Quad-Core Cortex-A55 1.8GHz/Up to 8GB LPDDR4/SATA-Capable Budget Board)
Orange Pi 3B
BrandBanana PiOrange Pi
CPU ArchitectureRISC-VARM
Memory328-75%
Storage TypeOnboard UFS (128GB standard), microSD, NVMe / M.2eMMC + M.2 B-key (SATA via adapter)
Has AI Accelerator / NPUtruetrue
WirelessNone (Ethernet only) on reference carrier; WiFi/BT available via optional M.2 Key E moduleWiFi 5
GPIO Headertruetrue
Price44950
Use CaseAI / Machine LearningNAS / Server
GPUIntegrated 3D GPU (Vulkan, OpenCL, OpenGL ES)Mali-G52 2EE
Ethernet1GGigabit Ethernet
Video Output1x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x MIPI-DSI; 4K60 H.264/H.265 encode, up to 4K120 decode1x HDMI 2.0 (4K30), 4-lane MIPI-DSI
USB Ports4x USB 3.0 Type-A, 1x USB-C1x USB 3.0 Type-A, 3x USB 2.0 Type-A

Price comparison

RetailerBanana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10Orange Pi 3B
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$449.00

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$50.00

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Verdict

Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10

6.5 / 10 Expert Rating

Interesting silicon, risky purchase.

Orange Pi 3B

6.6 / 10 Expert Rating

A genuinely useful budget option for anyone wanting SATA-based storage without stepping up to a pricier board -- the standout feature at this price.

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