Last Updated on December 2, 2022 by pg@petergamma.org
- If we look at reviews of the Orange Pi5 and compare it to the Raspberry Pi5, we can see, that the devices are very similar:
https://www.notebookcheck.com/Orange-Pi-5-Alternative-zum-Raspberry-Pi-erscheint-demnaechst-mit-8K-Support-PCIe-und-kostet-deutlich-unter-100-Euro.667951.0.html
- but the advantages are built in SSD connector and slightly faster processor. And the biggest advantages, the Orange Pi 5 is available, which the Raspberry Pi 4 is not. From the layout we can see, that it has also an on board connector to an LCD display like the Rp4:
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005004952782786.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.3cc72d2fwzGpFn&algo_pvid=2e9c8003-65c0-42f0-9a17-5f364ab60e5a&aem_p4p_detail=202212020534252226952056970460001911250&algo_exp_id=2e9c8003-65c0-42f0-9a17-5f364ab60e5a-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000031135960823%22%7D&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21USD%21106.35%21106.35%21%21%21%21%21%402101d4a716699880652656344e74af%2112000031135960823%21sea&curPageLogUid=99vZZ4yO9OIR&ad_pvid=202212020534252226952056970460001911250_1&ad_pvid=202212020534252226952056970460001911250_1
- This makes the Orange Pi5 interesting for us personally. It seems not only for us. This how we explain that the costs for the Orange Pi5 have risen from initially 60 USD alread to more than 100 USD. For a device which is available, and has also SSD support, it is the price we have to pay.
- For this price, we can almost get a LattePanda V1:
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005001883328270.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.7d44746eiUtLKC&algo_pvid=7a1bd62f-3d5f-4c72-a72c-e46df160575c&aem_p4p_detail=202212020545462159462598041400000239849&algo_exp_id=7a1bd62f-3d5f-4c72-a72c-e46df160575c-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000018006501299%22%7D&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21USD%21134.1%21134.1%21%21%21%21%21%402101e9d216699887461445729e9b67%2112000018006501299%21sea&curPageLogUid=zZA1ijCpXOcQ&ad_pvid=202212020545462159462598041400000239849_1&ad_pvid=202212020545462159462598041400000239849_1
- over the USB 3, we can also connect and boot from a external SSD. Costs aren t an argument anymore to use a X Pi device.
