**The Battle of the Boards: Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi 2, and Banana Pi**

In this article, we'll be comparing three popular single-board computers (SBCs): the Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi 2, and Banana Pi. Each board has its unique features, advantages, and disadvantages. Let's dive into the details.

**Power Inputs and Management**

The Raspberry Pi and Orange Pi 2 have a DC jack for power input, while the Banana Pi uses a USB On-The-Go (OTG) port. However, not all USB ports work properly due to issues with the ICs being powered correctly. The Banana Pi also has a power button connected to a power management IC, which allows it to be powered by lithium-ion or lithium-polymer batteries and charge them as well.

**Wi-Fi, Infrared Receiver, and Microphone**

The Orange Pi 2 boasts an infrared receiver, small microphone, and Wi-Fi capabilities that work flawlessly with ROSAN and the Android OS out of the box. The Banana Pi developer has also done a decent job in providing a software offer for their board.

**System-on-a-Chip (SoC) and CPU**

The heart of each board is its System-on-a-Chip, which uses a CPU with an overclocked speed of 4 times 900 MHz, 1 GHz, and 1.6 GHz. The Orange Pi 2 should offer the most processing power in this category.

**CPU Benchmark Test**

To test this further, we set up our professional test equipment and installed Raspberry Pi OS on all the micro SD cards of the boards. We then installed the Suspens application and ran a CPU Benchmark to measure the time it took each CPU to complete a task. The results showed that the H3 of the Orange Pi 2 dominated the fields, but the A31s of the Banana Pi was the winner with a four-core load.

**RAM Comparison**

While the Raspberry Pi uses 1 GB of LP DDR2, the other two use 1 GB of DDR3, which is clearly noticeable with faster R and read speeds. The Banana Pi has a slight advantage against the Orange Pi 2 in terms of GPU capabilities, as shown by the n22 Benchmark.

**Network Performance**

The Banana Pi uses a Gigabit Ethernet port, while the other two do not have one. We used WinSCP to copy a 92 MB file from our PC to the boards and found that the results turned out just as expected. We also tried to play back 4K footage on each board, with the Orange Pi 2 having no problems but the Banana Pi starting quite a bit.

**Hardware Comparison**

If we break down the hardware aspect, we can say that the Orange Pi 2 offers the best for a price of $30, while the Banana Pi is great for a price of $50, and the Raspberry Pi is just okay for a price of $42. However, it's not all about the hardware.

**Software Comparison**

The Raspberry Pi offers a great Linux-based software that is perfect for electronics projects, especially due to the WiringPi library. After installing it, we can use the GPIOs of the board in a similar way like an Arduino. The Banana Pi developers have ported this library quite well and it functions without any problems. Unfortunately, the Orange Pi 2 actually just pretends to have it installed while no commands work at all.

**Community Comparison**

In terms of community, the Raspberry Pi has a huge following with plenty of information about how to get started, tutorials, projects, and many more. The other two boards also have communities, but they are not as large as the Raspberry Pi's. We think that the Raspberry Pi wins this category with ease.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, the choice of which board to get depends on what you want to do with it. You can find all the links to the boards in the description below, and if you use those, you support our channel, which would be awesome! Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe, check out our Patreon campaign, stay creative, and we will see you next time!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enas you can see my fruit basket with all the different single board computers consisting of raspberry banana and orange pies is slowly overflowing on top of this collection rise the three flagships or most powerful sbcs of each kind the Raspberry Pi 2 the banana pie Mark 2 and the orange pie wait damn it get your packaging right the orange pie too and in this video video I will do the ultimate comparison and determine a winner for this battle of processing power let's get started first off the board quality itself while the previous orange pie had some problems with that the new orange 2 and the other two boards look very nice and clean there are of course the usual connectors like HDMI four or even 5 USB ports if you want to count USB on the Go audio and AV output 40gp iio pins camera connector and LCD connector which the new orange Pi 2 does not offer anymore it's a shame and even though my L maker 5 in LCD has the same pin configuration as the LCD connector of the banana 2 the driver does not support it I guess they do not offer third- party support and want to promote their own product lastly we have the power input as a micro USB port for the raspberry and this DC jack for the other two we could also use the USB on the go port for the power inputs but they're not all USB ports work because the ic's are not powered properly there also exists a power button for the banana and orange which is connected to a power management IC which also allows the banana to be powered by lithium ion or Lithium Polymer batteries and yes it can charge them as well those two Outsiders also throw in some neat extras like an infrared receiver a small microphone and Wi-Fi which works flawlessly with rosan and the Android OS out of the box the heart of the boards is the system on a chip which uses a CPU with over clock speed of 4 times 900 MHz 1 GHz and 1.6 GHz so the orange Pi 2 should offer the most processing power right in order to test this a bit further I firstly set up my professional test equipment installed raspion on all the micro SD cards of the boards and installed the suspens application once the operation system was booted the CPU Benchmark creates a defined constant glow for one two three or the four cores I wrote down the total time it took each CPU to complete the task and created a bar graph with the results since lower is better it seems like the H3 of the orange p 2 dominated the fields but the a31s of the banana is the winner with a four core load moving on to the ram while the raspberry uses 1 gab of LP ddr2 the other two use 1 GB of DDR 3 which is clearly noticeable with a faster R and read speeds they offer to compare the GPU capabilities I installed Androids and used The n22 Benchmark to find out that the banana has a slight advantage against the orange the broad comp 4 GPU of the raspberry on the other hand didn't need such a life test there are plenty of sources which claim that it is the weakest and if you want to use such boards as servers then the banana would be the obvious choice because it uses a gigabit EET Port while the other two don't have one to prove this I used win SCP to copy a 92 mgab file from my PC to the boards and the results turned out just as expected I also tried to play back 4K footage which the orange 2 had no problems with but the banana started quite a bit bits if we break down the hardware aspect then I can say that the orange offers the best for a price of only 30 us the banana Hardware is still great for a price of $50 and the raspberry is just an okay for the price of $42 but it is not all about the hardware the raspberry offers a great Linux based software which I think is great for electronics projects especially because of the wiring pie Library after installing it I can use the gpios of the board in a similar way like an uino the banana developers ported this Library quite well and it functions without any problems but the orange actually just pretends to have it installed while no commands work at all they just stole the software from the lamea banana pie team and they did not a decent job of hiding it all in all the Orange rosian is very ly and the Android image they offer comes in Chinese and without a play store in conclusion they should probably hire more than one guy to develop the software on the other hand the banana developer did a decent job with their software offer and the raspberry is the clear winner in this category lastly let's compare the community I think everybody who is interested in such boards knows that there's a huge Community around the Raspberry Pi with plenty of information about how to get started tutorials projects and many more the orange and banana Community is obviously not that huge but there has been a lot of gain since the last time I had a closer look at it half a year ago so of course the Rasberry wins this category with ease while the other two are just okay these were my opinions what board you would like to get basically depends on what you want to do with it you can find all the links to the boards in the description below and if you use those you support my channel which would be awesome don't forget to like share and subscribe check out my patreon campaign stay creative and I will see you next timeas you can see my fruit basket with all the different single board computers consisting of raspberry banana and orange pies is slowly overflowing on top of this collection rise the three flagships or most powerful sbcs of each kind the Raspberry Pi 2 the banana pie Mark 2 and the orange pie wait damn it get your packaging right the orange pie too and in this video video I will do the ultimate comparison and determine a winner for this battle of processing power let's get started first off the board quality itself while the previous orange pie had some problems with that the new orange 2 and the other two boards look very nice and clean there are of course the usual connectors like HDMI four or even 5 USB ports if you want to count USB on the Go audio and AV output 40gp iio pins camera connector and LCD connector which the new orange Pi 2 does not offer anymore it's a shame and even though my L maker 5 in LCD has the same pin configuration as the LCD connector of the banana 2 the driver does not support it I guess they do not offer third- party support and want to promote their own product lastly we have the power input as a micro USB port for the raspberry and this DC jack for the other two we could also use the USB on the go port for the power inputs but they're not all USB ports work because the ic's are not powered properly there also exists a power button for the banana and orange which is connected to a power management IC which also allows the banana to be powered by lithium ion or Lithium Polymer batteries and yes it can charge them as well those two Outsiders also throw in some neat extras like an infrared receiver a small microphone and Wi-Fi which works flawlessly with rosan and the Android OS out of the box the heart of the boards is the system on a chip which uses a CPU with over clock speed of 4 times 900 MHz 1 GHz and 1.6 GHz so the orange Pi 2 should offer the most processing power right in order to test this a bit further I firstly set up my professional test equipment installed raspion on all the micro SD cards of the boards and installed the suspens application once the operation system was booted the CPU Benchmark creates a defined constant glow for one two three or the four cores I wrote down the total time it took each CPU to complete the task and created a bar graph with the results since lower is better it seems like the H3 of the orange p 2 dominated the fields but the a31s of the banana is the winner with a four core load moving on to the ram while the raspberry uses 1 gab of LP ddr2 the other two use 1 GB of DDR 3 which is clearly noticeable with a faster R and read speeds they offer to compare the GPU capabilities I installed Androids and used The n22 Benchmark to find out that the banana has a slight advantage against the orange the broad comp 4 GPU of the raspberry on the other hand didn't need such a life test there are plenty of sources which claim that it is the weakest and if you want to use such boards as servers then the banana would be the obvious choice because it uses a gigabit EET Port while the other two don't have one to prove this I used win SCP to copy a 92 mgab file from my PC to the boards and the results turned out just as expected I also tried to play back 4K footage which the orange 2 had no problems with but the banana started quite a bit bits if we break down the hardware aspect then I can say that the orange offers the best for a price of only 30 us the banana Hardware is still great for a price of $50 and the raspberry is just an okay for the price of $42 but it is not all about the hardware the raspberry offers a great Linux based software which I think is great for electronics projects especially because of the wiring pie Library after installing it I can use the gpios of the board in a similar way like an uino the banana developers ported this Library quite well and it functions without any problems but the orange actually just pretends to have it installed while no commands work at all they just stole the software from the lamea banana pie team and they did not a decent job of hiding it all in all the Orange rosian is very ly and the Android image they offer comes in Chinese and without a play store in conclusion they should probably hire more than one guy to develop the software on the other hand the banana developer did a decent job with their software offer and the raspberry is the clear winner in this category lastly let's compare the community I think everybody who is interested in such boards knows that there's a huge Community around the Raspberry Pi with plenty of information about how to get started tutorials projects and many more the orange and banana Community is obviously not that huge but there has been a lot of gain since the last time I had a closer look at it half a year ago so of course the Rasberry wins this category with ease while the other two are just okay these were my opinions what board you would like to get basically depends on what you want to do with it you can find all the links to the boards in the description below and if you use those you support my channel which would be awesome don't forget to like share and subscribe check out my patreon campaign stay creative and I will see you next time