Orange Pi 5, 5B and 5 Plus immediately received 32 GB of RAM. What are these devices?

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SoC Rockchip RK3588 is good for everyone, in addition, it supports RAM up to 32 GB. Unfortunately, few companies that produce devices based on this chip present 32 GB versions of their devices. But Orange Pi is just one of those manufacturers who care about their users, presenting more and more productive and functional devices.

Accordingly, Orange Pi 5, 5B and 5 Plus immediately received 32 GB of RAM. Of course, the price has also increased, but nothing can be done about it. Let’s look at the capabilities of single-board devices that have received so much RAM and evaluate their prospects.



Orange Pi 5


Orange Pi 5 not only has everything that the Raspberry has, but also much more, including internal memory. And it’s not just a matter of memory; most of the characteristics of this system are higher than those of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B.

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Here are the characteristics of the device:

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The device has plenty of advantages. Firstly, the size of the device does not exceed the size of a credit card. This is a little more than the “raspberry”, but there are also more possibilities. Secondly, the developers tried to add maximum capabilities with a minimum volume, and they succeeded, as far as one can judge.

According to the developers, the new single-board PC is capable of replacing desktops or nettops with a basic configuration. Of course, single-board is not suitable for solving high-performance problems, but it can solve most basic or mid-level problems.

Well, as an office/home option, the device is quite interesting. For example, you can connect multiple screens to it, which plays an important role for many representatives of the IT industry. By the way, there is not only HDMI, but also DisplayPort 1.4 with a resolution of up to 8K 30 Hz, implemented via the USB-C 3.1 port.

As for the price, it cannot be called low, but it cannot be called very high either.
So, Orange Pi 5 with 8 GB of RAM costs $85. This configuration also includes 32 GB of internal memory, which is enough to install a large number of Linux distributions and other operating systems.

At the same time, the Raspberry does not have built-in memory. Well, if we talk about Orange Pi 5 without internal memory, then the cost of such a model is $75 – the amount of RAM is the same, 8 GB.

As for the single-board with 32 GB of RAM, it costs $159 (you can buy it on Aliexpress or Amazon).

Orange Pi 5 Plus


The developers added Rockchip RK3588 SoC, plus the mini-PC received two HDMI 2.1 connectors, two 2.5GbE connectors, M.2 PCIe.

Here are its characteristics:

SoC – Rockchip RK3588

  • The CPU is an eight-core processor with 4 Cortex-A76 cores clocked at up to 2.4 GHz, 4 Cortex-A55 cores clocked at up to 1.8 GHz.

  • Arm Mali-G610 MP4 GPU with support for OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.2, OpenCL 2.2 and Vulkan 1.2

  • 6 TOPS AI Accelerator supporting mixed operation INT4/INT8/INT16/FP16

  • VPU – 10-bit 8Kp60 H.265/VP9/AVS2 decoder, 8Kp30 H.264 decoder, 4Kp60 AV1 decoder, 8Kp30 H.265/H.264 encoder

System memory

– 4 GB, 8 GB or 16 GB LPDDR4/4x

Storage

  • 16 MB or 32 MB QSPI NOR Flash

  • MicroSD card slot

  • Flash eMMC connector for 32GB, 64GB, 128GB or 256GB module

  • M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 slot for NVMe SSDs with speeds up to 2000 MB/s

Video output

  • 2x HDMI 2.1 ports up to 8Kp60

  • DisplayPort 1.4 up to 8Kp30 via USB-C port

  • 2x 4-channel MIPI DSI header up to 4Kp60

  • 6-pin FPC connector for touch screen

Video input

  • Camera – 4-lane MIPI CSI connector

  • HDMI 2.0 input up to 4Kp60

Audio

  • Audio codec ES8388, audio amplifier AWINIC AW8733ATQR

  • 3.5mm audio jack with headphone and microphone support

  • Onboard microphone

  • HDMI 2.1 eARC support

  • Speaker connector

Net

  • 2x 2.5GbE RJ45 ports via RTL8125BG controllers

  • Additional WiFi and Bluetooth via M.2 module

USB

— 2x USB 3.0 ports, 1x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) Type-C port, 2x USB 2.0 ports

Extension

  • 40-pin header with GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, I2S, PDM, AUDDSM, SDIO, PWM

  • M.2 Key-M (PCIe 3.0 x4) slot for 2280 NVMe SSD or other PCIe 2280 modules (such as AI accelerators)

  • M.2 Key-E connector (PCIe 2.0 x1/PCM/UART/USB2.0) for 2230 modules such as WiFi 6 and Bluetooth modules

  • Debugging – 3-pin UART header for serial console

Miscellaneous

  • Power, MaskROM and Recovery buttons

  • Power LED, Status LED, RGB LED

  • IR receiver

  • Fan connector 5V

  • 2-pin connector for RTC backup battery

Power supply

  • 5V/4A via USB Type-C port

  • RK806-1 PMU

Dimensions

– 100 x 62 mm (same as Orange Pi 5B)

Weight

– 46 grams

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The most noticeable difference from the previous model is two 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports. There are also two HDMI outputs and one HDMI input, plus the ability to connect a solid-state drive via the PCIe NVMe interface.

As for the processor, this is a chip that is superior to the Rockchip RK3588S, which is used by many Raspberry clone manufacturers. The chip has four high-performance Cortex-A76 cores that operate at up to 2.4 GHz, and four energy-efficient Cortex-A55 cores (1.8 GHz).

Graphics – integrated, GPU Mali-G610 MP4, with support for OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.2 and Vulkan 1.1. The chip is capable of working with 8K video (7680×4320) at 60 frames per second (H.265/AVS2/VP9/H.264/AV1 codecs). Well, plus – there is also a neuroprocessor unit with a performance of 6 Tops.

As for the cost, there are different options:

  • Orange Pi 5 Plus with 4 GB – $89

  • Orange Pi 5 Plus with 8 GB – $109

  • Orange Pi 5 Plus with 16 GB – $129

  • Orange Pi 5 Plus with 32 GB – $179.

Orange Pi 5B


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Finally, another single-board from the same company received the Rockchip RK3588S processor with eight cores (four Cortex-A76 with a frequency of up to 2.4 GHz and four Cortex-A55 with a frequency of up to 1.8 GHz). Graphics – Arm Mali-G610 MP4. It is worth mentioning the AI ​​accelerator with performance up to 6 TOPS. Well, the amount of LPDDR4/4x RAM can vary from 4 to 32 GB.

Internal memory – 32, 64, 128 or 256 GB. Ports and connectors – USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C (combined with DP 1.4), HDMI 2.1 interface with support for 8Kp60 output, two USB 2.0 connectors, an audio connector, a microSD slot. The interfaces available to the user are 17 × GPIO, 3 × UART, 6 × PWM, 2 × I2C, 2 × CAN, 2 × MIPI DSI, 1 × MIPI CSI, 2 × MIPI DCPHY. Dimensions are 100 × 62 mm, weight – 52 g. Power is supplied via an additional USB Type-C connector.

Cost – from $90 to $179.

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