Hello everyone, I am Xiaoyueyue. Today I would like to introduce a high-performance development board that crushes the Pi3 – ODROID C4.

The latest Odroid C4 single-board computer from Hardkernel adopts the same size design as the Raspberry Pi Model B and is equipped with a more powerful Amlogic S905X3 SoC, which not only supports Android, Ubuntu, CoreELEC and other operating systems but can even play 4K ultra-high-definition videos.

The Odroid C4 is powered by the Amlogic S905X3 SoC, featuring 4 Arm Cortex-A55 processor cores with a maximum clock speed of 2.016GHz, using the ARMv8-A architecture and supporting Neon and Crypto extension instruction sets. It also includes a Mali-G31MP graphics processor with 4 computing units and a clock speed of up to 650MHz, supporting OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.0, Vulkan 1.0, OpenCL 2.0, etc. The memory part is equipped with 4GB DDR4-2640.

Storage maintains the Odroid series’ long-standing design of not being built-in, only providing an eMMC slot and a microSD card reader, so users need to prepare their own eMMC module or microSD memory card.

In terms of I/O ports, the Odroid C4 provides 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports, as well as USB 2.0 OTG, 1 GbE Ethernet, 1 HDMI 2.0, and 1 Debug Serial (UART). Additionally, it has a 40Pin GPIO HAT header that provides SPI, UART, I2C, PWM, ADC, GPIO, DC 5V, DC 3.3V, DC 1.8V functions, and can increase SPDIF, I2S functions through a 7 Pin audio expansion header.

The Odroid C4 single-board computer is equipped with the Amlogic S905X3 SoC, with dimensions identical to the Raspberry Pi Model B.

The design of USB, Ethernet, and GPIO HAT is also similar to that of the Raspberry Pi Model B.

The Odroid C4 adopts a passive cooling design, dissipating the SoC’s waste heat through heat sinks.

Overview of GPIO HAT pin definitions

Performance is between Odroid N2 and Raspberry Pi 4

Compared to the previously introduced Odroid N2, the Odroid N2 features a higher-end Amlogic S922X SoC, with 4 Cortex-A73 processor cores running at 1.8GHz and 2 Cortex-A53 cores running at 1.9GHz, combined with a Mali-G52 graphics processor with 6 computing units running at up to 846MHz, resulting in better performance.

In contrast, the Raspberry Pi 4’s Broadcom BCM2711 SoC has 4 Arm Cortex-A72 processor cores with a maximum clock speed of 1.5GHz and a VideoCore VI graphics processor. Although it also has 2GB and 4GB memory options, its overall performance is lower.

Hardkernel will not only provide Android and Ubuntu 20.04 operating systems for the Odroid C4 but will also bring the CoreELEC operating system designed specifically for multimedia entertainment and video playback. Users only need to flash the various operating system images to a microSD memory card and insert it into the Odroid C4 to boot.

In terms of overall performance, the Odroid C4 can outperform the Raspberry Pi 4, but it does not match the previously released Odroid N2. Due to the graphics processor specifications of the Odroid C4 lagging far behind the Odroid N2, its performance is also trailing.

The memory performance of the Odroid C4 is also between that of the Odroid N2 and the Raspberry Pi 4.

Thanks to the Crypto extension instruction set, the Odroid C4 performs exceptionally well in cryptocurrency computing.

During operation, the temperature of the Odroid C4 is around 75 degrees Celsius.

In terms of power consumption, it is more energy-efficient than the Raspberry Pi 4 whether during operation, idle, or shutdown.

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