Orange Pi 5 Ultra (89×56mm RK3588 6-TOPS NPU, 16GB LPDDR5, 4K60 HDMI-In, Wi-Fi 6E & PCIe 3.0 x4 SBC)
60.5-gram (89×56mm) credit-card-class single-board computer packing the full 8nm Rockchip RK3588 SoC (8-core Cortex-A76/A55 + 6-TOPS NPU), up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, unsplit M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe storage, full-size HDMI 2.0 4K60 video input + HDMI 2.1 8K60 output, onboard Wi-Fi 6E / BT 5.3, and 2.5GbE.
Editorial Rating Methodology (★ 4.8 / 5.0): This score is an internal editorial evaluation compiled by the RECIWO Labs editorial team—not a user poll or crowd-voted rating. It assesses published silicon compute efficiency (25%), optical/sensor/actuator engineering (25%), battery & thermal envelope (20%), SDK/software openness (15%), and price-to-specification value (15%) based on official manufacturer datasheets and public technical documentation. Learn more about our evaluation rubric →
Key Engineering Highlights
- Fits the uncompromised flagship RK3588 (rather than pin-cut RK3588S) onto a 60.5-gram, 89×56mm board—preserving full PCIe 3.0 x4 (~3.5 GB/s) M.2 NVMe speeds and 496-pin LPDDR5 bandwidth
- Provides a full-size HDMI 2.0 4K60 hardware input port alongside 8K60 HDMI 2.1 output and three 4-lane MIPI camera ports for live broadcast AI overlays and drone vision
- Includes onboard tri-band Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth 5.3, 2.5GbE networking, an ES8388 audio codec with onboard microphone, and Ubuntu / Debian / Android 13 support
Full Hardware Specifications
| Processor / Edge SoC | Rockchip RK3588 (8nm Octa-Core: 4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz + 4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz + ARM Mali-G610 MP4 GPU) |
|---|---|
| AI Model Stack | 6.0 TOPS Embedded 3-Core NPU (INT4/INT8/INT16/FP16 Hybrid Compute via RKNN-LLM & RKNN-Toolkit2) |
| Display & Optics | 1× Full-Size HDMI 2.1 Output (Up to 8K @ 60fps) + MIPI DSI Display Interface for Multi-Stream Edge Vision |
| Camera & Vision | 1× Full-Size HDMI 2.0 Input (Up to 4K @ 60fps Capture) + 2× 4-Lane MIPI CSI + 1× 4-Lane MIPI D-PHY RX |
| Measured Weight | 60.5g (89 × 56mm Ultra-Compact 1.6mm PCB Footprint Ideal for UAV Gimbals & Portable AI Appliances) |
| Battery & Runtime | 5V/5A USB Type-C Power Input (~4W Idle / ~11W Full NPU + 8-Core Load) |
| Connectivity & I/O | Realtek RTL8125BG 2.5GbE + AP6611 Wi-Fi 6E / BT 5.3 + 2× USB 3.0 + 2× USB 2.0 + 40-Pin GPIO (CAN/SPI/UART) |
| Sensors & Acoustics | 4GB / 8GB / 16GB 496-Pin LPDDR5 RAM + M.2 M-Key (PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe) + eMMC Socket + 16MB QSPI NOR + ES8388 Mic |
⚖️ Side-by-Side Comparison: Orange Pi 5 Ultra (89×56mm RK3588 6-TOPS NPU, 16GB LPDDR5, 4K60 HDMI-In, Wi-Fi 6E & PCIe 3.0 x4 SBC) vs. Edge Compute & DevKits Peers
Direct specification comparison against leading competing devices in the Edge Compute & DevKits category.
| Specification | Orange Pi 5 Ultra (89×56mm RK3588 6-TOPS NPU, 16GB LPDDR5, 4K60 HDMI-In, Wi-Fi 6E & PCIe 3.0 x4 SBC) (Current) | NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX Super Edge AI DevKit → | Xiaozhi AI Voice Cube Pro (ESP32-S3 Open DevKit) → | Apple Mac mini (M5 Pro 64GB) Private AI Node → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Orange Pi | NVIDIA | Open Hardware Community | Apple |
| Retail Price | $119 | $499 | $12 | $1,799 |
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| Edge SoC | Rockchip RK3588 (8nm Octa-Core: 4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz + 4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz + ARM Mali-G610 MP4 GPU) | NVIDIA Ampere GPU (1024 CUDA + 32 Tensor Cores) | Espressif ESP32-S3R8 (Dual-Core LX7 @ 240MHz + 8MB PSRAM) | Apple M5 Pro (14c CPU + 20c GPU + 16c Neural Engine) |
| AI Model Stack | 6.0 TOPS Embedded 3-Core NPU (INT4/INT8/INT16/FP16 Hybrid Compute via RKNN-LLM & RKNN-Toolkit2) | Runs Llama-3.2 8B / Qwen2.5-VL 7B / YOLO11 Locally | Edge ESP-SR Wake + Realtime Cloud Voice LLMs | MLX Accelerated Qwen3-32B / Llama-3.3-70B |
| Display / Optics | 1× Full-Size HDMI 2.1 Output (Up to 8K @ 60fps) + MIPI DSI Display Interface for Multi-Stream Edge Vision | HDMI 2.1 / DP 1.4 (Up to 8K) | 1.28-inch Circular IPS LCD (240×240) / 0.96" OLED | Supports up to three 6K displays |
| Camera | 1× Full-Size HDMI 2.0 Input (Up to 4K @ 60fps Capture) + 2× 4-Lane MIPI CSI + 1× 4-Lane MIPI D-PHY RX | Dual MIPI CSI-2 Camera Lanes + 4× USB 3.2 | Optional OV2640 / GC2145 Camera Module | External USB-C / Studio Display Camera |
| Weight | 60.5g (89 × 56mm Ultra-Compact 1.6mm PCB Footprint Ideal for UAV Gimbals & Portable AI Appliances) | 450g (including active heatsink & carrier board) | 62g (with 3D-printed enclosure & speaker cavity) | 730g |
| Battery | 5V/5A USB Type-C Power Input (~4W Idle / ~11W Full NPU + 8-Core Load) | 19V DC Input (15W–40W configurable TDP) | 800mAh LiPo (5h continuous dialogue) | Internal 155W PSU (4W idle draw) |
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