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Radxa ROCK 3 Model C: New single-board computer debuts from US$39

The ROCK 3 Model C retails starts at US$39 with 1 GB of RAM. (Image source: Radxa)
The ROCK 3 Model C retails starts at US$39 with 1 GB of RAM. (Image source: Radxa)
Radxa has started selling the ROCK 3 Model C, its latest Rockchip RK3566-powered single-board computer. The Rock 3 Model C measures 85 x 56 mm, has an M.2 2230 slot, supports optional eMMC storage and will be available with up to 8 GB of LPDDR4 RAM.
ARM Single-Board Computer (SBC) Launch

Radxa has launched the ROCK 3 Model C, a single-board computer (SBC) powered by the Rockchip RK3566, an SoC with four ARM Cortex-A55 CPU cores clocked at 1.6 GHz, a Mali-G52 GPU and an NPU that is capable of delivering up to 0.8 TOPS of AI performance. Radxa complements the Rockchip RK3566 with LPDDR4 RAM, which will be available in 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB and 8 GB flavours. While the SBC lacks built-in storage, it has a microSD card reader, an M.2 2230 slot and an optional eMMC module.

Additionally, the ROCK 3 Model C has a 40-pin GPIO header, Gigabit Ethernet with optional PoE and an HDMI 2.0 port, among other I/O. For reference, although the SBC has four USB Type-A ports, only one supports the USB 3.0 standard. Moreover, the 85 x 56 mm board supports Android 11, Radxa Debian, Debian Bullseye and Ubuntu Server 20.04.

Currently, the ROCK 3 Model C is available for US$39 from ALLNET China. At the time of writing, the SBC comes in a sole 1 GB RAM configuration for now. According to ALLNET China, the 2 GB RAM variant will retail for US$44, with 4 GB RAM and 8 GB RAM options priced at US$54 and US$74, respectively. Please see Radxa's wiki documentation for more details.

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Alex Alderson, 2023-03-16 (Update: 2023-03-16)