Banana Pi Raspberry Pi 4

M5 MODEL B

Physical Differences
-Processor
AMLOGIC S905X3 QUAD-CORE CORTEX-A55 BROADCOM BCM2711, QUAD CORE CORTEX-A72
ARMV8.2-A 64-BIT 1.5GHZ (ARM V8) 64-BIT SOC @ 1.5GHZ

GEEKBENCH 5 SCORES- GEEKBENCH SCORES-

SINGLE CORE: 175 SINGLE CORE: 259

MULTI-CORE: 583 MULTI-CORE: 645

-GPU
MALI-G31 MP2 GPU BROADCOM VIDEOCORE VI

FP32 PERFORMANCE: 20.8 FP32 PERFORMANCE: 32

-RAM
4GB LPDDR4 2,4,8GB LPDDR4

-Storage
BUILT-IN 16GB EMMC FLASH WITH MICRO SD NO BUILT-IN STORAGE ONLY MICRO SD CARD
CARD SLOT SLOT

-Network
ETHERNET, NO WIFI ON BOARD ETHERNET, BLUETOOTH 5.0, WIFI ON BOARD

-Video & Audio Output

ONE FULL SIZE HDMI 4K TWO MICRO HDMI 4K

3.5MM JACK , HDMI AUDIO OUTPUT 3.5MM JACK

-USB
4X USB 3.0 PORTS 2X USB 3.0 PORTS AND 2X USB 2.0 PORTS
-Other
IR SENSOR DSI DISPLAY PORT

CSI CAMERA PORT

Major key points

- Raspberry Pi has better processor and GPU.
- Both have more or less equivalent RAM(Rasp has option for 8gb).
- Banana Pi has better and inbuilt storage
- Raspberry has better network and connectivity with built in wifi and
bluetooth.
- Raspberry Pi has 2 hdmi outputs but both are micro hdmi and don’t
support audio while banana Pi has one standard hdmi with audio
support.
- USB ports on the Banana board are better.
- Display and Camera module port are only available on raspberry pi.
- Banana pi has a physical button for rest and an add. Ir sensor
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Software Differences
-Android
HAS NATIVE ANDROID 9 SUPPORT DOESN’T HAVE ANDROID SUPPORT, BUT HAS
SUPPORT FOR ANDROID IOT

-Windows
NOT SUPPORTED WINDOWS NOT SUPPORTED

-Linux
UBUNTU, DEBIAN, UBUNTU CORE 20, ARCHLINUX UBUNTU, DEBIAN, UBUNTU CORE 20, ARCHLINUX

-Others
RASPBIAN, ARMBIAN, ORDROID ANDROID IMAGE RASPBIAN AND MORE.

Raspberry Pi has support for various other operating

systems. Full list here.
Major key points
- Apart from native android support, Raspberry Pi supports almost all
operating systems and is overall better than banana board
- Banana board has better android compatibility, although other
system images are less still it supports most of the major OS.

Conclusion

Performance
Raspberry Pi has better performance overall.

Connectivity
Banana has better USB connectivity while rasp has better connectivity to other
modules such as camera, sensors and touchscreen display.

Network
Raspberry has built in wifi and bluetooth hence better network.

Storage
Banana has built in storage with the option for a micro sd card while rasp only
has micro sd card option. Banana Board’s storage is faster as well.

GPIO
Both have 40 pin GPIO while banana can be powered through GPIO as well.

Software
Raspberry Pi has better software support whereas banana is not far behind
although this is specific to the use case of the project.