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Voltarum Mini PC Guide

Rockchip RK3566

A budget Pi 4-class SoC with small, efficient cores and a decent video engine.

Specifications

Factual data
Vendor
Rockchip
Architecture
Arm (64-bit) · Cortex-A55
Cores / threads
4 / 44× Cortex-A55
Max clock
1.8 GHz
Process
22 nm
Released
2021
Graphics
Arm Mali-G52 2EE
Video decode
H.264, HEVC 8-bit, HEVC 10-bit (HDR), VP9
Video encode
H.264, HEVC 8-bit
NPU
1 TOPS
Max RAM
8 GB

Source: Manufacturer specifications

Devices with the Rockchip RK3566

Orange Pi

Orange Pi 3B

Processor
Rockchip RK3566
RAM
8 GB
Network
1 × 1 GbE

Great fit for: No use rated great

A cheap board in Pi 4 format with an NVMe slot: slower than a Pi 4, but with proper SSD storage.

—Good budget option