[fpc-other] Orange Pi vs. Raspberry Pi vs Banana Pi vs ASUS Tinkerboard vs. Odroid

[Andreas Berger]

Paul, this is very usefull information. Thank you.


On 02/03/2017 23:54, Paul Robinson wrote:
> There are five similar "Altoids tin-sized" single board processors I'm 
> aware of.
> The Raspberry Pi , The Orange Pi, The Banana Pi, The ODROID, and the 
> ASUS Tinkerboard. The Tinkerboard is sometimes referred to as the 
> Maker Board.
>
> Processor:
> All of the Orange Pis, All The Banana Pis, The ODROID C1, The 
> Raspberry Pi 2B use a Cortex A7 processor.
> The Raspberry Pi zero uses an ARM1132F-S (Don't even ask me how they 
> can sell a computer for $5 retail!)
> The Raspberry Pi 3B and the ODROID C2 use a Cortex A53.
> The ODROID XU4 uses a Cortex A15/A7
> The Tinkerboard uses a Cortex A17
>
> Cores:
> The Raspberry Pi Zero is a single core.
> All the others are quad core.
>
> Memory ranges from 500 meg to 2GB depending on model.
>
> Instruction Set:
> The Raspberry Pi Zero uses an ARM V6 instruction set.
> Raspberry Pi 2b, 3b; Banana Pi M2, M3; Orange Pi One, PC, Plus, Plus 
> 2; ODROID C1 Plus, XU4 all use the ARM V7 instruction set.
> The Raspberry Pi 3B and the ODROID C2 use the ARM V8 Instruction set.
> I could not get a solid answer for the Tinkerboard but some people 
> believe it's an ARM v7 instruction set.
>
> In theory any of these that use the ARM V7 instruction set should be 
> equivalent to the Raspberry Pi 2B and in theory if they have a Linux 
> operating system with the same modules it requires then the version of 
> Lazarus/Free Pascal for Raspberry Pi should work on them. The 
> operating words here are "in theory." There can be subtle differences 
> in the associated hardware on the board beyond the processor. Probably 
> you just have to try running apt-get or whichever installer it 
> supports for the version of Linux it uses and find out.
>
> I've ordered a Tinkerboard myself to play around with. Amazon says 
> it's been delayed until April.
>
> Paul
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