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Radxa Dragon Q6A

My Radxa Dragon Q6A review with benchmark results, thermals, NVMe/UFS speeds, Home Assistant voice tests, and a walkthrough of Windows 11 on ARM (UEFI).

Key Specs:

SoC:Qualcomm QCS6490
CPU:
No. Of Cores:8
Cores:1 × Kryo Prime @ 2.7GHz 3 × Kryo Gold @ 2.4GHz 4 × Kryo Silver @ 1.9GHz
GPU:
Model:Qualcomm Adreno 643
Support:OpenGL ES 3.2 Vulkan 1.3 OpenCL 2.2 DirectX Feature Level 12
AI Capabilities:Qualcomm AI Engine (Hexagon DSP + Hexagon Tensor Accelerator): Up to 12 TOPS
Muse Pi Pro

Hands-on review of the Muse Pi Pro RISC-V SBC with the SpacemiT K1 SoC – benchmarks, thermals, NVMe and Wi-Fi 6 performance, plus my honest thoughts for developers.

Key Specs:

SoC:SpacemiT M1 RISC-V SoC (similar to K1)
CPU:
No. Of Cores:8
Cores:8 × X60 RISC-V cores up to 1.6GHz
GPU:
Model:Imagination IMG BXE-2-32
Support:OpenGL ES 3.2 Vulkan 1.2
AI Capabilities:NPU: Up to 2.0 TOPS

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Radxa Cubie A7A

I benchmarked the Radxa Cubie A7A (Allwinner A733): thermals, Geekbench, LPDDR5, PCIe NVMe, USB 3.1 Gen2, Whisper/HA, and Pi 5 vs Pi 4 comparisons.

Key Specs:

SoC:Allwinner A733
CPU:
No. Of Cores:8
Cores:2 × Cortex-A76 up to 2.0GHz 6 × Cortex-A55 up to 1.8GHz
GPU:
Model:Imagination BXM-4-64 MC1
Support:OpenGL ES 3.2 Vulkan 1.3 OpenCL 3.0
AI Capabilities:NPU: Up to 3TOPs
Radxa Cubie A5E

Radxa Cubie A5E tested—performance, temps, NVMe speeds, and value vs Raspberry Pi, with real numbers and use-cases

Key Specs:

SoC:Allwinner A527
CPU:
No. Of Cores:8
Cores:4 × Cortex-A55 up to 1.8GHz 4 × Cortex-A55 up to 1.4GHz
GPU:
Model:Arm Mali-G57 MC1
Support:OpenGL ES 3.2 Vulkan 1.1–1.3 OpenCL 2.2
AI Capabilities:NPU: Up to 2 TOPS