Power usage
The Orange Pi product page states that the 5 Ultra necessitates a 5V/5A power supply, which can lead to a peak wattage of 25W when operating at high performance (5V x 5A = 25W). During standard low-intensity tasks, you can expect average power consumption in the range of 3 to 5 watts. However, for more intensive operations, power usage can increase to approximately 10 watts or more.
Evaluating CPU and Memory Performance under Load
| Parameter [Examples] | Description |
|---|---|
-c 8 | Specifies that 8 CPU stressors should be used, each simulating 100% CPU usage per core. |
--vm 20 | Specifies that 20 virtual memory stressors should be used, each allocating and manipulating memory. |
--vm-bytes 128M | Specifies that each virtual memory stressor should allocate 128 megabytes of memory. |
--timeout 5 | Specifies that the stress test should run for 5 seconds before stopping. |
Using the stress tool command, we effectively combine CPU and memory workloads to monitor temperatures and power consumption. When operating under idle conditions, without any stress, you can anticipate power usage to be around 3–4.95 watts. During maximum stress, we recorded a an average peak power usage of approximately 9 watts.
| Test No. | Command: | Reported Temperatures: |
| 1 | stress -c 8 –vm 20 –vm-bytes 128M –timeout 30 | npu_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +29.6°C center_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +29.6°C bigcore1_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +29.6°C soc_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +29.6°C (crit = +115.0°C) gpu_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +29.6°C littlecore_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +29.6°C bigcore0_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +29.6°C |
| 2 | stress -c 8 –vm 20 –vm-bytes 128M –timeout 60 | Power Usage and Temperatures: npu_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +34.2°C center_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +34.2°C bigcore1_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +36.1°C soc_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +35.2°C (crit = +115.0°C) gpu_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +34.2°C littlecore_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +36.1°C bigcore0_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +36.1°C |
| 3 | stress -c 8 –vm 20 –vm-bytes 128M –timeout 120 | npu_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +37.9°C center_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +37.9°C bigcore1_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +38.8°C soc_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +38.8°C (crit = +115.0°C) gpu_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +37.0°C littlecore_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +38.8°C bigcore0_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +38.8°C |
| 4 | stress -c 8 –vm 20 –vm-bytes 128M –timeout 240 | npu_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +40.7°C center_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +40.7°C bigcore1_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +42.5°C soc_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +41.6°C (crit = +115.0°C) gpu_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +39.8°C littlecore_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +42.5°C bigcore0_thermal-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +42.5°C |
OPi5 Ultra – Power Usage Test
Orange Pi needs to stop this nonsense. ANOTHER board?? Nobody can keep up with software – Armbian isn’t even supporting the Max.
You don’t have to use Armbian, although it offers long-term support. The Orange Pi Ubuntu image works well, and I’m sure that a DietPi image will be available soon.
Well, there is a factory and employees, so people need continuous work all the time.