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Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10 vs Radxa ROCK 5A: Comparison

Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10 and Radxa ROCK 5A separate most on memory: Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10 at 32, Radxa ROCK 5A at 16, 50% in favour of Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10. They match on has ai accelerator / npu, gpio header and use case. On price, Radxa ROCK 5A sits at $79.00 against $449.00 for Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10.

Radxa ROCK 5A (Single-Board Computer/Rockchip RK3588S/Octa-Core Cortex-A76+A55/Up to 16GB LPDDR4X/Compact Pi 5 Rival)
RadxaRadxa ROCK 5A

$79.00

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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
Radxa ROCK 5A (Single-Board Computer/Rockchip RK3588S/Octa-Core Cortex-A76+A55/Up to 16GB LPDDR4X/Compact Pi 5 Rival)
Radxa ROCK 5A
BrandBanana PiRadxa
CPU ArchitectureRISC-VARM
Memory3216-50%
Storage TypeOnboard UFS (128GB standard), microSD, NVMe / M.2eMMC
Has AI Accelerator / NPUtruetrue
WirelessNone (Ethernet only) on reference carrier; WiFi/BT available via optional M.2 Key E moduleWiFi 6
GPIO Headertruetrue
Price44979
Use CaseAI / Machine LearningAI / Machine Learning
GPUIntegrated 3D GPU (Vulkan, OpenCL, OpenGL ES)Mali-G610 MP4

Price comparison

RetailerBanana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10Radxa ROCK 5A
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$449.00

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$79.00

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Verdict

Banana Pi (Sinovoip) Banana Pi BPI-SM10

6.5 / 10 Expert Rating

Interesting silicon, risky purchase.

Radxa ROCK 5A

8 / 10 Expert Rating

A genuinely fast, NPU-equipped board in Pi-4-sized clothing -- the best pick when you want ROCK 5-class performance without paying for the M.2 slot you won't use.

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