Raspberry Pi Zero vs MangoPi MQ Professional Benchmarks
Placing the Raspberry Pi Zero towards the MangoPi MQ Professional was one thing I’d needed to do since seeing the MQ Professional’s announcement and specs. It simply appeared to make sense. On paper, they’re largely related, with 1GHz single-core CPUs, and 512MB of RAM. A 1GB MQ Professional can also be obtainable and is what I’ll be utilizing right here so your mileage might differ barely when you’ve got the 512MB model.
Specs
| MangoPi MQ Professional | Raspberry Pi Zero W | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 1GHz Allwinner D1 C906 RISC-V Processing Unit | 1GHz ARM1176JZF-S – BCM2835 |
| HiFi4 DSP | ||
| RAM | 512/1024MB DDR3L RAM | 512MB LPDDR2 SDRAM |
| GPU | G2D 2D Graphics Accelerator | VideoCore IV |
| 4K succesful H.264/H.265 Processing Unit | H.264 MPEG-4 decode (1080p30) | |
| 4Kp30/1080p60 HDMI Output* | ||
| Connectivity | 802.11 b/g/n WLAN (2.4GHz – RTL8723DS) | 802.11 b/g/n WLAN (2.4GHz) |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.1 / BLE | |
| u.FL Antenna Connector | ||
| USB-C 2.0 OTG (1) | Micro USB 2.0 OTG (1) | |
| Mini HDMI (1) | Mini HDMI (1) | |
| 24 pin DVP/RMII Digicam Connector (1) | CSI-2 Digicam Connector (1) | |
| microSD Card Slot | microSD Card Slot | |
| 40 Pin Raspberry Pi suitable GPIO header | 40 Pin Raspberry Pi GPIO header | |
| Audio through audio out pads | ||
| Energy | USB-C (5V) | Micro USB (5V) |
| through GPIO Header | through GPIO Header | |
| Dimensions | 65x30mm (Size x Top) |
Benchmarking Data / {Hardware}
For these benchmarks, the boot storage is the best-performing Amazon Basics 64GB microSD card and the SSD is a Samsung 850 EVO (500GB). For USB Ethernet, I take advantage of the Linksys 1Gbit USB Ethernet adapter. A 120mm fan is blowing throughout the board for all assessments (except talked about) to make sure no thermal throttling takes place.
Compute Efficiency
As at all times, I’ll begin with UnixBench and transfer on to a mixture of “real-world” and different artificial benchmarks.
The Mango Pi MQ Professional below PHPBench testing reveals a 50.31% efficiency improve over the Raspberry Pi Zero W and its compute dominance doesn’t finish there. PyBench additionally completes 22.26% quicker and the WavPack encoding take a look at is 7.43% faster on the MangoPi board.
After we transfer to GZIP compression, Crypto++ and OpenSSL work although, the Pi Zero W begins to combat again. With GZIP, it’s 34.98% quicker to finish the identical take a look at, OpenSSL benchmarks present round 50% will increase throughout the board and while with Crypto++’s Integer and Elliptical curve run the MQ Professional pulls forward by 31.23%, Keyed and Unkeyed Algorithm runs have been 20.73% and 10.91% quicker respectively.
UnixBench
PHPBench
PyBench
WavPack Audio Encoding
Crypto++
OpenSSL Bench
GZIP Compression
Reminiscence (RAM) Efficiency
It needs to be famous that we’re testing the 1GB RAM mannequin of the MangoPi MQ Professional right here. When you examine it to a 512MB board, your outcomes will possible differ! The MQ Professional additionally will get a bonus from its newer DDR3 reminiscence and that is clearly proven throughout the board with tinymembench and CacheBench with efficiency will increase between 20% and practically 700%!
tinymembench
CacheBench
Networking Efficiency
The MQ Professional practice doesn’t cease once we transfer onto networking efficiency both, with WiFi assessments displaying it 60% and 17.37% quicker throughout obtain and add testing. We see a barely odd consequence with a USB Ethernet adapter the place the Pi Zero presents a 16.66% acquire on the obtain facet, although trails by 26.27% on the add entrance.
Storage Efficiency
MicroSD Card Reader
The micro SD card outcomes are taken from my Best SD Cards for Raspberry Pi piece and present that compared to different related boards, the SD card reader within the MQ Professional isn’t precisely the speediest of issues. With the board’s restricted compute assets although, this shouldn’t maintain it again an excessive amount of except you’re hoping to run a speedy full desktop atmosphere however high tip, don’t.
MangoPi MQ Professional
Raspberry Pi Zero W
USB SSD & microSD Card Comparability
The SD information right here is a mean of all tested microSD cards in order that there’s a extra easy comparability.
The USB SSD testing stunned me although. Bar the odd sequential learn outcomes they’re a lot the identical, with the BCM2835 primarily based Raspberry Pi being barely forward. I attempted with 2 totally different USB to SATA adapters and a pair of SSDs to try to discover what was happening with the sequential learn outcomes and every was constantly that far forward! The one constant distinction was that I used a USB-A to Micro USB adapter on the Pi Zero and USB-A to USB-C on the MQ Professional however I don’t consider this to be related given the opposite assessments falling in line.
Thermals & Energy
Temperatures
With an ambient room temperature of 25.8 levels celsius in each assessments we will see that these 2 boards are fairly shut when it comes to working temperatures. What me throughout this testing was the delta between idle and cargo on the MQ Professional. As I discussed in my stand-alone MangoPi MQ Pro Review, I assumed I could have been doing one thing fallacious, or stress-ng wasn’t as much as the duty however with a number of types of stress-testing I noticed the identical behaviour.
Energy Draw
Lastly, we transfer on to the general energy draw the place the Pi Zero W sips 17.74% extra energy at idle and a whopping 34.48% extra below load. While it’s possible you’ll take a look at the numbers and see 0.73W vs 1.17W and suppose that’s not a giant distinction, for those who’re pondering of working both of those boards on battery or solar energy, it will make a giant distinction to your potential run-time.
Closing Ideas
There’s a theme working all through these assessments and it’s one among shock for me. I’ll be very trustworthy and say I knew little or no in regards to the RISC-V ecosystem earlier than diving in with the MangoPi MQ Professional however I’m so glad that I did. The method of getting it up and running and seeing the way it in comparison with its closest “rival” within the Zero model board lineup was nice.
The difficulty at this level although is that because of MangoPi being a smaller, newer producer with restricted assets, they’re not churning out as many models and as a result of preliminary buzz, they’re being snapped up rapidly. Because of this while sure, the MQ Professional is a really legitimate different to the Pi Zero in case your software program/pursuits will run on a RISC-V structure, annoyingly, you continue to want to attend to get your arms on one.
That additionally ignores the value facet of issues. The Raspberry Pi Zero W retails for round £10GBP (hold an eye fixed out on rpilocator for those who’re at the moment out there) within the UK by way of authorised retailers whereas the Mango Pi MQ Professional 1GB mannequin examined right here will run you round £23 for those who handle to get one by way of the official retailer once they have inventory (these costs each embrace GST/VAT at 20%). At £23 I nonetheless suppose it’s value it to get your arms on a small RISC-V primarily based board that gives twice as a lot, quicker RAM and higher efficiency in a whole lot of areas however for those who’re purely within the worth this may increasingly not enchantment to you.
Good job, mangobuge and anybody else behinds the scenes! You’ve created a terrific product with large potential. With the ARM H616 MangoPi MQ Quad on the way in which, it’s nice to have extra alternate options obtainable. On behalf of myself and the group although, please be sure that the working system photos and help is out there upon future board launches!