Orange Pi 5 Pro: New single-board computer released with LPDDR5 RAM, HDMI 2.1 and AI performance chops

Shenzhen Xunlong Software has started selling the Orange Pi 5 Pro, less than a month after debuting the single-board computer (SBC). To recap, Shenzhen Xunlong Software showcased the SBC during its Orange Pi Developer Conference 2024, where it also revealed the Orange Pi Watch D Pro. As CNX Software notes, the Orange Pi 5 Pro contains numerous changes from the Orange Pi 5, which Shenzhen Xunlong Software refreshed six months ago alongside the Orange Pi 5B and Orange Pi 5 Plus.

According to the manufacturer, the Orange Pi 5 Pro contains a Rockchip RK3588S chipset that also powers the Orange Pi 5B. Consequently, the Orange Pi 5 Pro has four ARM Cortex-A76 CPU cores at its disposal, as well as four Cortex-A55 CPU cores, a Mali-G610 MP4 GPU and an AI accelerator that delivers 6 TOPS of theoretical performance. Moreover, Shenzhen Xunlong Software has equipped the SBC with the following I/O within an 89 x 56 mm and 62 g footprint:

• 1x 3.5 mm combined audio jack
• 1x 40-pin header
• 1x eMMC interface
• 1x HDMI 2.0
• 1x HDMI 2.1
• 1x M.2 M-Key (PCIe 2.0 x1)
• 1x MicroSD card slot
• 1x MIPI DSI
• 1x RJ45 (1 Gigabit)
• 3x USB 2.0 Type-A
• 2x USB 2.0 Type-A (header)
• 1x USB 3.1 Type-A
• 1x USB Type-C (5V/5A power)

The Orange Pi 5 Pro will start at $60 4 GB of LPDDR5 RAM. Alternatively, Shenzhen Xunlong Software offers the SBC in 8 GB and 16 GB of RAM configurations for $80 and $109, respectively. However, only the latter is available at the time of writing, with no word on when cheaper variants will become orderable. Please see the Orange Pi 5 Pro product listing for more information.

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