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This has an A55, which I don't think is competitive with the raspberry pi 4 A72. The pi 4 was a huge breakthrough because it has a multi core out of order cpu

This has an A55, which I don't think is competitive with the raspberry pi 4 A72. The pi 4 was a huge breakthrough because it has a multi core out of order cpu and starts at $35. Something that people would buy over the pi 4 will have to be a later generation A7X cpu without being more than double the price. The better the CPU, the closer it comes to a lightweight desktop replacement, child computer, TV computer, router replacement etc. The pi 4 is already getting into that territory.

Legogris 6y ago
Apart from that, I really think there's a gap on the market in terms of RAM. Only since recently are there a select few SBCs with 4GB RAM, anything higher than that and you're in the 200~250$+price-range with significantly higher footprint in terms of size and power consumption. It might be my personal ignorance, but I just don't see why you couldn't take any of the more recent SoCs and throw at least 8GB on there? Do some of these SoC vendors limit the address space or something..? Right now this model is a nuanced alternative to the Rpi4B; a model with more RAM would be a new segment in the market unlocking new possibilities.
- rjsw 6y ago
  Some vendors do seem to limit their address space, there have been suggestions that they just pasted an AArch64 CPU into one of their existing ARM SoC designs.
snvzz 6y ago
>which I don't think is competitive with the raspberry pi 4 A72. The power efficiency is certainly competitive. Very competitive. Raspberry Pi has a lot of justifying to do, regarding its much elevated power consumption, as the benchmarks do elucidate it actually doesn't have the performance to show fort it.
- BubRoss 6y ago
  You are going to have to link a source for that. The A55 is claimed to be 15% more power efficient than the A53 while the A72 is 3-4 times as fast.
  - snvzz 6y ago
    >You are going to have to link a source for that. The source for Odroid power consumption is the specs mentioned in the article we're discussing. You can check Raspberry Pi's consumption values from this table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#Specifications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#Specifications As for performance benchmarks, the one I've seen is here: https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=38555 https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=38555 I expect more will pop up in due time.
LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
12nm vs. 28nm...

Legogris 6y ago

Apart from that, I really think there's a gap on the market in terms of RAM. Only since recently are there a select few SBCs with 4GB RAM, anything higher than that and you're in the 200~250$+price-range with significantly higher footprint in terms of size and power consumption. It might be my personal ignorance, but I just don't see why you couldn't take any of the more recent SoCs and throw at least 8GB on there? Do some of these SoC vendors limit the address space or something..? Right now this model is a nuanced alternative to the Rpi4B; a model with more RAM would be a new segment in the market unlocking new possibilities.

rjsw 6y ago
Some vendors do seem to limit their address space, there have been suggestions that they just pasted an AArch64 CPU into one of their existing ARM SoC designs.

snvzz 6y ago

>which I don't think is competitive with the raspberry pi 4 A72. The power efficiency is certainly competitive. Very competitive. Raspberry Pi has a lot of justifying to do, regarding its much elevated power consumption, as the benchmarks do elucidate it actually doesn't have the performance to show fort it.

BubRoss 6y ago
You are going to have to link a source for that. The A55 is claimed to be 15% more power efficient than the A53 while the A72 is 3-4 times as fast.
- snvzz 6y ago
  >You are going to have to link a source for that. The source for Odroid power consumption is the specs mentioned in the article we're discussing. You can check Raspberry Pi's consumption values from this table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#Specifications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#Specifications As for performance benchmarks, the one I've seen is here: https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=38555 https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=38555 I expect more will pop up in due time.

LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago

12nm vs. 28nm...