Raspberry Pi vs Orange Pi vs Banana Pi 2016-03 Showdown by LoveRPi
Let the battles of the Pi's begin! We compare the Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, and Banana Pi family of boards. For more information, see https://www.loverpi.com/blogs/news/95250433-the-battle-of-the-pis


Raspberry Pi 2 on Raspbian: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 5 @ 0.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709 Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1, Memory: 925MB, Disk: 8GB SD

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.1.13-v7+ (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.7.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1824x984

Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709 Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2, Memory: 925MB, Disk: 63GB 00000

	OS: Raspbian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 4.1.20-v7+ (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1824x984

Orange Pi One on Armbian: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 5 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: sun8i, Memory: 494MB, Disk: 32GB 00000

	OS: Debian 8.3, Kernel: 3.4.110-sun8i (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1440

Orange Pi PC on Armbian: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 5 @ 1.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: sun8i, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 32GB 00000

	OS: Debian 8.3, Kernel: 3.4.110-sun8i (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1440

Orange Pi Plus on Armbian: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 5 @ 1.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: sun8i, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 32GB 00000 + 8GB M8G1GC

	OS: Debian 8.3, Kernel: 3.4.110-sun8i (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1440

Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 5 @ 1.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: sun8i, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB M8G1GC + 129GB TO

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 3.4.39-BPI-M3-aufs (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: aufs, Screen Resolution: 1920x2160

Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 3 @ 1.01GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Allwinner sun6i (A31) Family Sinovoip BPI-M2, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 129GB 00000

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.4.1-sunxi (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Raspberry Pi 2 on Raspbian . 505.44 |==========================================
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 250.79 |=====================
Orange Pi One on Armbian ... 365.94 |==============================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 344.52 |=============================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 350.07 |=============================
Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi .... 136.14 |===========
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 431.10 |====================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Raspberry Pi 2 on Raspbian . 314.58 |==========================================
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 237.30 |================================
Orange Pi One on Armbian ... 229.54 |===============================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 228.09 |==============================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 231.38 |===============================
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 288.16 |======================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Raspberry Pi 2 on Raspbian . 33.29 |=====================
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 60.28 |======================================
Orange Pi One on Armbian ... 64.38 |=========================================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 68.23 |===========================================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 68.01 |===========================================
Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi .... 31.80 |====================
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 61.26 |=======================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Performance / Cost - Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 1.72 |============
Orange Pi One on Armbian ... 6.44 |============================================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 4.55 |===============================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 1.74 |============
Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi .... 0.40 |===
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 1.36 |=========


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Raspberry Pi 2 on Raspbian . 387  |============
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 599  |===================
Orange Pi One on Armbian ... 509  |================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 550  |=================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 540  |=================
Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi .... 1408 |============================================
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 438  |==============


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Performance / Cost - Test: Blowfish
Real C/S Per Dollar > Higher Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 17.11 |==============
Orange Pi One on Armbian ... 50.90 |===========================================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 36.67 |===============================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 13.85 |============
Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi .... 17.60 |===============
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 9.73  |========


Meta Performance Per Dollar
Performance Per Dollar
Performance Per Dollar > Higher Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 6.48  |==============
Orange Pi One on Armbian ... 19.65 |===========================================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 14.12 |===============================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 5.34  |============
Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi .... 6.18  |==============
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 3.80  |========


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Raspberry Pi 2 on Raspbian . 11.93 |============
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 20.60 |====================
Orange Pi One on Armbian ... 16.00 |================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 17.20 |=================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 17.13 |=================
Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi .... 43.30 |===========================================
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 13.40 |=============


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
Performance / Cost - RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 0.59 |================
Orange Pi One on Armbian ... 1.60 |============================================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 1.15 |================================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 0.44 |============
Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi .... 0.54 |===============
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 0.30 |========


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Raspberry Pi 2 on Raspbian . 2175 |============================================
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 1390 |============================
Orange Pi One on Armbian ... 1665 |==================================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 1547 |===============================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 1549 |===============================
Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi .... 621  |=============
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 1954 |========================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Raspberry Pi 2 on Raspbian . 75.46 |===========================================
Raspberry Pi 3 on Raspbian . 61.06 |===================================
Orange Pi PC on Armbian .... 62.45 |====================================
Orange Pi Plus on Armbian .. 63.17 |====================================
Banana Pi M3 by LoveRPi .... 29.72 |=================
Banana Pi M2 by LoveRPi .... 70.58 |========================================