Orange Pi 5
Orange Pi (Shenzhen Xunlong)A single-board computer (SBC) built around the Rockchip RK3588S SoC, an 8-core 64-bit ARM processor (4x Cortex-A76 + 4x Cortex-A55) with a Mali-G610 GPU and a built-in NPU rated at 6 TOPS. It ships in 4/8/16GB LPDDR4/4X configurations and is made by Orange Pi (Shenzhen Xunlong). Widely sold at retail for roughly $69-$115, it supports Android 12, Debian, Ubuntu, and Orange Pi OS, and is one of the most popular and affordable RK3588S edge-AI boards.
Verified live 2026-06-22 via primary sources. Proprietary Rockchip silicon with an open GPL-2.0 BSP, public datasheet and schematics, and global retail availability, but bootable images depend on Rockchip firmware blobs.
Openness
4 high confidence- schematics
- published (published PDF)
- toolchain
- open (open GPL-2.0 BSP/build system)
- datasheets
- public (public RK3588S)
- blobs
- required (Rockchip firmware required)
- retail
- open_market (global)
Proprietary Rockchip silicon with an open GPL-2.0 BSP, public datasheet and schematics, and global retail availability, but bootable images depend on Rockchip firmware blobs.
- https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/orangepi-build recorded 2026-06-22
official GPL-2.0 build system supporting Orange Pi 5 / RK3588S
- http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/service-and-support/Orange-pi-5.html recorded 2026-06-22
official support page with schematic, manual, and source downloads
Adoption
5 high confidenceSold directly on AliExpress and Amazon at ~$69-$115 across multiple SKUs, with a large third-party software/community ecosystem.
- https://www.amazon.com/Orange-Pi-Frequency-Development-Android12/dp/B0BN16ZLXB recorded 2026-06-22
Orange Pi 5 retail listing on Amazon
Capability
3 high confidenceThe RK3588S NPU does 6 TOPS with mixed-precision support and runs small on-device LLMs, but well below discrete GPUs and dedicated NPUs.
- http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-5.html recorded 2026-06-22
official spec: RK3588S, 6 TOPS NPU, 4/8/16GB
Unchanged since 2026-08-01 (last edited, not re-checked)