$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.
See also: Raspberry Pi 4 vs ODROID-C4 Features Comparison
Also at Notebookcheck and LinuxGizmos.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Thursday April 30 2020, @10:50PM
I didn't look at the RK3399Pro:
https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2019/12/04/introducing-the-rock-pi-n10-rk3399pro-sbc-for-ai-and-deep-learning/ [seeedstudio.com]
4 GB has been given to the CPU and GPU, with another 4 GB dedicated to the "NPU".
I'm guessing that 4 GB is still the limit for the CPU/GPU but the NPU gets its own memory channel. Still, that's neat.
In smartphone land, 16 GB [soylentnews.org] has been hit. But you just know that some mad lad company will try to put out a 20 GB or 24 GB RAM smartphone within the next 2 years.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]