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posted by martyb on Thursday April 30 2020, @12:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the alternatives++ dept.

$50 ODROID-C4 Raspberry Pi 4 Competitor Combines Amlogic S905X3 SoC with 4GB RAM

Hardkernel has just launched an update to its ODROID-C2 board, with ODROID-C4 SBC equipped with a 2.0 GHz Amlogic S905X3 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor combined with up to 4GB RAM, four USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI 2.0 video output, and the usual 40-pin I/O header.

That makes it a worthy competitor to Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB RAM, especially since it supports Ubuntu 20.04, CoreELEC, Android 9, and LineageOS operating systems, and comes with a proper heatsink for cooling for just $50 plus shipping.

[...] Besides benchmarks and power consumption, the boards also differ in terms of features. For example, Raspberry Pi 4 offers dual HDMI output and built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, while ODROID-C4 comes with a single HDMI port, and WiFi/Bt is optional via a USB dongle. On the other hand, ODROID-C4 comes with four USB 3.0 ports, and offers support for eMMC flash module, while RPi 4 features 2x USB 3.0 + 2x USB 2.0 ports, and does not offer an eMMC option.

ODROID.

See also: Raspberry Pi 4 vs ODROID-C4 Features Comparison

Also at Notebookcheck and LinuxGizmos.


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  • (Score: 2) by Muad'Dave on Thursday April 30 2020, @11:22AM (2 children)

    by Muad'Dave (1413) on Thursday April 30 2020, @11:22AM (#988496)

    I like having the complete state of the board contained on the flash card. All Pi's are identical - there's no "oops, I flashed version X onto this one and version Y onto this other one." Pick one out of the pile, stick the flash card in, and off you go.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 30 2020, @11:56AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 30 2020, @11:56AM (#988501)

    Then you’d appreciate the eMMC module option. Removable yet way faster than SD/TF.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 01 2020, @09:20AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 01 2020, @09:20AM (#988850)

      And waiting 2 weeks to ship a new $1.49 eMMC>USB adapter every time you lose or break it. (Or booting from SD card to write to eMMC, playing musical chairs with rebooting).