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Orange Pi 5

open toolchain / Overall score: 4.0(strong)

Single-board computer built around the Rockchip RK3588S, an eight-core 64-bit Arm processor pairing four Cortex-A76 with four Cortex-A55, a Mali-G610 GPU and a built-in NPU rated at 6 TOPS. It ships in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB LPDDR4 and LPDDR4X configurations and runs Android, Debian, Ubuntu and Orange Pi OS. Orange Pi, trading as Shenzhen Xunlong, makes it.

Openness

4 high confidence

4.0

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)
form_factor: board (SBC sold ready to run)

Proprietary Rockchip silicon with an open GPL-2.0 build system and a published schematic, but bootable images depend on Rockchip firmware blobs.

http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-5.html recorded 2026-08-13
Full published parameter table for the RK3588S (8nm LP, quad A76 + quad A55, Mali-G610 MC4, 6 TOPS NPU with INT4/INT8/INT16 support, 4/8/16GB LPDDR4/4X) and "Aliexpress Store BUY" / "Amazon Store BUY" links
http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/service-and-support/Orange-pi-5.html recorded 2026-08-13
Official Resources list with Schematic, User Manual, Ubuntu/Debian/Android images, Android Source Code and Linux Source code downloads
https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/orangepi-build recorded 2026-08-13
GPL-2.0 licensed "Orange Pi build for H2+, H3, H5, H6, H616, RK3328, RK3399 and RK3588(s)", listing Orange Pi 5/5B/5Pro under Rockchip RK3588S
https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin recorded 2026-08-13
Rockchip's own "Firmware and Tool Binarys" repository - prebuilt SPL/DDR/UsbPlug/BL31/BL32/OPTEE boot binaries distributed as binaries rather than source

Adoption

5 high confidence

5.0

Orange Pi 5 sells directly through AliExpress, Amazon and the vendor's own Xunlong store across the 4GB, 8GB and 16GB SKUs, priced from about $69 to $115, backed by a large third-party software and community ecosystem.

http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-5.html recorded 2026-10-08
"Aliexpress Store BUY", "Amazon Store BUY", Xunlong Store and Orange Pi Store links against the 4GB/8GB/16GB SKUs
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 confidence

3.0

The RK3588S NPU is rated at 6 TOPS with INT4, INT8 and INT16 support, alongside 4GB, 8GB or 16GB of LPDDR4 or LPDDR4X. That matches the Khadas Edge2 and sits well below the 67 to 275 sparse TOPS of the Jetson Orin parts.

http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-5.html recorded 2026-08-13
"Built-in AI accelerator NPU with up to 6 TOPS, supports INT4/INT8/INT16 mixed operation"; RK3588S with 4GB/8GB/16GB LPDDR4/4X

Verified 2026-10-08, except some scores, still awaiting re-confirmation