Table of contents Part I: Product Intoduction Specifications Orange Pi 6 Interfaces Exclusive first-look photos (engineering sample). What else is in the pipeline? A true Raspberry Pi 5 killer in terms of both price and hardware specifications 1. Orange Pi 6 vs. Raspberry Pi 5 with AI HAT+ 2 1.1 Performance: 12-Core vs. 4-Core 1.2 Summary: Why the Orange Pi 6 Wins Raspberry Pi 5 versus Orange Pi 6 Part II: Orange Pi 6 Review β Unboxing and Testing Package Contents A Closer Look at the Orange Pi 6 Board The Meta Case Design: Almost perfect, but not quite! Design Wise Airflow Design A Closer Look at the Case The lesser good. How to solve both problems? The rear side panel option Assembling the Pi 6 board into the case Software Support Video Playback Performance Chrome browser gpu settings Testing video playback using the Chrome web browser. SMPlayer Testing if 3D hardware acceleration is working (glxgears) Full report on the Orange Pi 6βs graphics stack. 3D/Desktop GPU rendering Support Hardware video decoding checked and confimed! Confirming if GStreamer on our Orange Pi includes hardware-accelerated decoders for recent video codecs. π What the list actually means What does this tell us about the Orange Pi 6? Installing the NVMe and Wi-Fi Card GNOME Disks (gnome-disk-utility) Benchmarking (Read & Write) Fio Benchmarking Key Benchmark Metrics Analysis & Key Takeaways Key Benchmark Metrics Analysis & Key Takeaways Key Benchmark Metrics Analysis & Key Takeaways Key Benchmark Metrics Analysis & Key Takeaways Benchmark Comparison (Final Results) Updated Benchmark Summary Key Technical Conclusions Key Data Visualization Summary Connectivity Our test results. Measuring Power, Wattage, and Temperatures Power usage Working temperatures Running benchmarks, stressing main components, and checking temperatures. Test results Key Takeaways from Our Results Benchmarking & System resources How much is available? Sysbench Memory Benchmark Comparison Geekbench benchmarking π Geekbench 6.5.0 Results β Orange Pi 6 Board (16GB) Overall Scores Comparing results to the Orange Pi 6 (32GB) and Raspberry Pi 5 (16GB) Performance Difference relative to the Raspberry Pi 5 Single-Core Performance Details Multi-Core Performance Details Running Local LLMs Here are a few additional insights on attempting to run large models locally. Our tests Key Takeaways Price and Availability More powerful and a lot cheaper? Orange Pi 6 [8GB RAM] Part II: Orange Pi 6 Review – Unboxing and Testing Package Contents Item No.QTYDescription11Orange Pi 6 [16GB RAM]21Metal Case Kit: x1 Metal Case (3 parts).x1 Screwdriver.x1 Power button cap.x4 M3x6mm Philips-type screws.x4 Rubber legs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13