Thanks for the objective review, Radxa will improve the software and documentation. Starting with the Radxa Imager tool first.

My lamp broke. Now my room is de-lighted. (Great video, thank you!)

The Raspberry pi zero needs to be updated to 2gb ram add a couple bucks to the price and most people would agree with the price increase

I asked on the raspberry pi forum about why the current versions of the OS were not listed. I got no answer and my post was removed without explanation. I guess it's not something they want to talk about. You have download the current image from the web site and then can choose it from the Imager. The other factor to consider is the community that can support the device. Despite problems with the Raspberry Pi forums and the occasional toxicity of the Raspberry Pi Reddits, I think the Raspberry products still win here. Delighted. :D

THANK YOU!!! I've been looking for a head-to-head comparison on these specific boards! Much appreciated! 👍

Delighted but I feel I need to watch this over again with a notepad so that I can sort of get my head around all the information that you covered without charts 😉

delighted to see more sbc content/comparisons

delighted that you were consistent in calling it eemc instead of emmc

i was truly delighted to see how unbioaased this was and that you arent afraid to just crap on the pi where it deserves to be crapped on, namely, the performance.

Delighted to see a good review of these options.

"Delighted" I liked the scientific approach to the ratings. Thank you!

Thank you, I was wondering about these boards. I was delighted.

Delighted to watch this video. Super informative thanks. Rarely is the processing power the most important factor for me - documentation and ease of use for the win.

Delighted to have found your channel,and it was a fair comparison

Delighted to see the comparison, the Radxa sounds best for my needs. thanks for doing my homework for me.

delighted to see a comprehensive comparisons of the boards strengths and weaknesses

Delighted to see the different kinds of projects that these little SBCs can be used for. Too many projects! No time!

Delighted. I too was curious about the small small sbc's... I'm glad I chose to use my Pi zero 2 w as my home DNS only.

Was delighted to see these three compared

I was delighted to see a comparison of these 3 boards. I just bought the RPi board but will have a better idea which board to pick if it doesn’t meet my needs.

I’m delighted. to have found this work up. Thank You

I'm delighted to find a new maker channel with great content!

Got here from the video 'Radxa X2L: Mini PC and a Pi had a BABY!' Nice haircut, very delighted when swapping back to the other video. :)

I agree and am delighted with your grading and that it depends on one’s use case. I used a few Raspberry Pi Zero W’s to ‘smartify’ some UPS’s in my house using NUT. Absolutely minimal performance needed for that… just a usb connector + wifi running headless. I even found a remote iPhone monitoring app. Inexpensive and reliable. 😊

Delighted to see your comparison, thank you.

I am truly delighted. Currently I am starting my journey with electronics, so I don't have specific plans, but I suppose thet Orange Pi Zero 2W will suits my needs.

Delighted! That was a great review. I have selected the OrangePi for my future sUAS (drone) projects. The form factor, OS availability, and amount of RAM are my criteria.

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 *📦 Introduction and Overview* - Introduction to the comparison of three small factor SBCs: Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, Radxa Zero 3W, and Orange Pi Zero 2W. - Criteria for comparison include ease of use, documentation, performance, and a bonus category for accessories. 02:13 *📝 Specifications Overview* - Detailed specifications of Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, including its price. - Introduction to Radxa Zero 3W's specs and price, followed by the specifications and pricing of the Orange Pi Zero 2W. 06:09 *🖥️ Ease of Use* - Evaluation of ease of use for Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, highlighting the ease of setup and exceptional documentation. - Analysis of Orange Pi Zero 2W's setup process, OS availability, and documentation, noting some drawbacks. - Radxa Zero 3W's ease of use discussion, mentioning its OS options, setup simplicity, but challenging documentation. 13:18 *💻 Performance and Usability* - Performance comparison based on a CPU benchmark, with Radxa Zero 3W leading, followed by Orange Pi and Raspberry Pi. - Desktop experience comparison, highlighting the superior performance of Orange Pi Zero 2W. 15:29 *🤖 Use Cases and Accessories* - Discussion of potential use cases for small factor SBCs and the importance of camera connectors for projects involving vision. - Evaluation of accessory compatibility and support, with a focus on camera module support and ecosystem. 18:58 *🏆 Conclusion and Final Scores* - Summary of scores for each board across all categories, declaring Raspberry Pi as the overall winner for its support and ease of use. - Final thoughts on choosing the right board for specific project needs, and invitation for viewer engagement.

Delighted to see this comparison. Radxa boards always have great specs, but there's always something lacking elsewhere.

My first impression is, I am delighted to meet you. I learned a lot from this review; Thank you.

Excellent video, I was delighted to watch it!

I'd be interested in the radxa zero 2 pro. It seems to be a faster spec than the 3.

delighted to find a new channel!

Thanks for this content it definitely leaves me feeling delighted ,your findings are about right in my opinion but I will have to say cameras are kinda an extra I like you to build a remote control car project or something similar all with the different boards then see which one is controlled better , because these types of boards are best for automation ,robotics , or remote control practice it be cool to see which board does a better job at what they are intended for I think this would be fairest test honestly to decide which is best or at least seems more reliable

Delighted with your comparison of the three small form factor SBC boards. I have the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and I just got the Orange Pi Zero 2W. The Raspberry Pi has great ease of use and documentation, but average performance. The Orange Pi so far does not have hdmi output, so it is a work in progress.

I am delighted to see videos like these. Very thorough with good scores. I'm considering making a wearable in the style of a pipboy. I was kinda bummed out that the zero 2 only has 512mb ram, so I'm going to do some more research on the Radxa Zero. I didn't even know this existed! Very cool video and Thanks for all the info!

Delighted! Thanks for a great comparison…

Thanks for the review. tell me have you heard about the Radxa NIO 12L, which is powered by the Genio processor? it's creating quite a buzz of late.

I was so delighted to see a video comparing the boards i have just been researching for a quadruped! RPI has the best SBC base, but their boards are just mediocer now considering the technology availability like in the Nvidia jetson Orin. I really need a form factor like these or even the compute modules (comparison suggestion!?), but almost landed on the Radxa for the SoC alone. Considering how amateur my knowledge is on programming, it looks like RPIZ2W is the safest option.

" delighted " that it covered quite a few aspects of each board.

Great video, completely delighted.

I am very Delighted by the results. That 512megs truly gimps the Zero2W. It also used to lock up when pushed a little too hard. Anyway, good video! 🙂

Thank You for making this video. It's so elaborate, unbiased and helpful. 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

Delighted 👍🏾 I’m just here for the knowledge 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Delighted to discover your channel

delighted to know the orange pi can be used as a desktop successfully!

This was helpful. I'm delighted that there's competition for the Raspberry Pi, but it looks like it's going to be the Pi Zero 2w for me.

I'm absolutely delighted to find another interesting UKpostsr covering cool electronics! :)

I was delighted and appreciate the time you invested. I have and OrangePi with 1.5Mb and the expansion board to make embedded development, easier, (Ethernet speeds things up) I had hopes of using the 24 pin pin connector in place of the 40 gpio pins for some embedded apps, but it appears to be connected to an ASIC chip which locks in the pin functions. One disappointment in the Orangepi is the lack of GPU support in all the linux distributions, maybe it works in android? The vast variety of ready to run Raspberry pi code gives that board a huge advantage for rookies who need to build on to a working code base.

I got a couple of these in a drawer because they're cute and i deluded myself into thi king i would use them for something

Looking at supported OSes by number of available images is very misleading. You should check out how fast manufacturer abandons support for their boards. For example I have "Orange Pi One" which had Ubuntu and Debian images available in ~2020. And zero updates after that. So while I have few perfectly working hardware boards none of these are usable due to lack of up to date software side (and I don't want to run old, vulnerable OSes). Raspberry Pi OS (32bit) supports ALL existing raspberry pi boards and is still updated/maintained.

This was a pretty good video, very informative!

Nothing starts perfect, first RPi came out after a lot of struggles. I'm delighted to see competition for hobbyists. And actual big improvement over the first "orangepi zero" many years ago. That one was disaster when it comes to support and documentation. It was only thanks to open source community and Armbian project it became somewhat usable. On the other hand RPi was almost always losing when it comes to pure processing power. Even now RK3588 based products basically obliterate Pi5, but RPi strength is easy of use, great support and documentation. Big weakness is availability of top products.

Your video was a delight(ed) to watch. thanks for your efforts I'm still on the fence weather I should get an Orange pi I have 2 of the OG pi zero w's and I find them a bit under powered might be time for an upgrade after hearing about your desktop experience on the Orange pi

I think that's a fair assessment.

Thanks for the video. Would be nice to compare power draw of those modules, as it might be a crucial point for battery powered applications. Delighted to subscribe to you channel)

I know it is complicated, but for this kind of SBC's an efficiency category would be nice, giving the fact that they most likely end up battery powered

actually the rpizero 2 w supports bookworm and works just fine

Thanks, I think this was a fair comparison.

I agree with most of what you said. I have both the Raspberry Pi 2w and the Orange Pi 2w. I use mostly usb cameras as I have had some issues with the cameras that use the camera connector. It could be the new camera stack though. I like both though I wish the raspberry Pi zero 2w has more memory selections. There is really no reason for them not to as their competitors do. I certainly would pay a little more for more memory. I really like the Raspberry Pi's sofware support though. No other board has this nor is the software of other companies as easy to use. I use these boards most with 3d printers so I would be installing either Octoprint or klipper. Klipper is available for any Linux computer and is easy to install using the kiauh script. Octoprint though is extremely difficult to install on anything but a Raspberry pi though I did manage to install it on a Orange Pi 3 LTS and should be a similar process for the Orange Pi Zero 2w though it will likely be difficult as it is all done manually. One thing I did not understand when you said the Raspberry Pi Zero 2w was sluggish when using the legacy OS. When I tried mine I first used the standard OS, but was so slow as to be unusable. When I switched to the Legacy OS, it actually ran fairly well. I would never use a web browser on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2w because of the fact it only has 512mb of RAM and if I did, I would not use more than one tab. I probably would not run any video files either because of the Low RAM. But other than that the Raspberry Pi Zero 2w ran okay. Still wish it had more RAM. A very bad design decision if you ask me.

Thanks for the video! If you think Radxa documentation is bad, then you haven't experienced Sipeed boards documentation😄 I recently worked with a Longan PI 3H and that's where the documentation is really terrible.

Delighted to see a video done right.

Delighted to see this, thank you. I actually (sort of) use pi zeroes as a desktop, though mainly to VNC to a Ubuntu desktop

Very interesting video! Delighted

Delighted - subbed!

Delighted 🎉

I would have been delighted to see a power consumption comparison while running the cpu benchmark

Mate, what about the accessory board that the orangepi allows whereas others don't? Thank you for the video although would be great to understand your score card values. Some of the comments seemed a bit biased. Nevertheless, somewhat delighted.

Watch out for the temp when full load!

Just getting into SBCs this year. Since I bought an OP5+, I will likely use their zero. One thing is for sure, I am staying away from Raspberry Pi for the most part because there is no point investing in hardware from a company that can't meet demand. Meanwhile Orange Pi has also designed a Ryzen based handheld PC to compete in that growing market because they have the capacity for forethought. They also had the good sense to give the OP5 a NPU. The RP5 seems like it should have launched about 2 years ago, based on specs. The official software for the OP5 seemed pretty crap but the enthusiast modded version of Ubuntu for RK3588(S) works fine. It is just a better machine than the RP5 anyway. Since I am planning to study cybersecurity later this year and want to get back into coding, being handheld by RPT along the way isn't really what I was looking for anyway. However, I might get a RP5 4GB to use as a firewall because it is the most cost effective and expedient solution I've found. I could just use one of my old 3rd gen i5 S series CPUs and one of several old Lenovo workstation MBs I already have but that's gonna use like 10x the power.

Do you think the results would change any if you used the Orange Pi Zero 3?

You can use whatever OS you want to flash to the rpi, just don't select the device. There are other ways as well. 🎉

When is the official M.2 adapter for RPi5 finally arriving ?

Delighted!

Delighted 😁

available os should include third party stuff, but overall good comparison very fair

RPI docs are fine for basic users. After all these years they still lack driver support for the full functionality of the chips they use.

delighted.

I'm going with the Radxa for sure.

You can’t use a browser on 512mb of ram. Those things burn some 800mb when they try to fully compress so the raspberry zero never even had a chance.

"two os'es is the bare minimum" I wonder how many of us have actually ever used more than one though.

Is it safe to assume Banana Pi M4 Zero is comparable to Orange Pi Zero 2W? It basically looks like a deliberate clone

Delighted

Realistically I feel like a pi 02w is enough performance wise for its use cases, currently have on as a discord connected field cam

I found the official orange pi OS had the kernel running in debug mode, which is a security issue. I did not change the default password. When I tried to change permissions on a system file , the default password did not work. There is a second password, unknown, for system modifications. I suspect there is backdoor access with the official OS. There is a major security issue here. Which is why the strange warning in the documentation.

delighted

thanks ... watched until the end ..

ngl I'd be delighted to play around with an orange pi

Delighted.

Signal processing capability (aka fliating point) for those that will be doing bare metal the A55 which the Radxa has is *significantly* better than the A53 which the others have. So beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe develope on another platform making code modular then move to the radxa.

Delightedful video.

I. Agree with pretty much everything you said. I would give Radxa even less points for the documentation but, the top comment right now is from them saying they will look into it. Promises mean nothing but them watching this and bothering to comment is better than nothing. It's an ongoing project. And. Well. The board would be so dang good if the documentation was in check.

delighted. i've been disappointed with the rpi zero 2w's performance over the years with portable projects. got the orange pi zero 2w 1.5yrs ago since it looks good on paper but disappointed with the docmentation and lack of any proper support that i couldn't do anything with it. even with usb c it still does not have any proper options of cases and cannot fit into any rpi zero 2w case because of the usb port opening even though the form factor is pretty much the same. plus, as you have stated about google drive, it is sketchy place to download questionable os isos which could have malware, because china tends to do that with default os software. there still needs to be a good board option with the form factor of the rpi zero 2w with wide support and good case options to fit a variety of potential projects. disappointed there is nothing like that around. many times the only option is probably a used smart phone or a larger sbc.

Available software, documentation, eco system, and support in my opinion, always trump impressive hardware specs. With Raspberry Pi, just about whatever you can think off, someone will have done it, or something sufficiently similar, so it can be adapted. Whatever problem you are having, someone will had had it before and share the solution. This is why I'm always reluctant to move away from Raspberry Pi and Arduino.

Delight(ful)ed video.

Wait till you realize that a simple upgrade command breaks the OS for 1GB radxa board. Also, the ubuntu cli, graphical and Debian cli images don't boot. Only the Debian xfce desktop image boots which lags. The documentation and support is really not up to mark. Their Rock 3c board has 2 different versions, and there are issues with Wi-Fi 6 on the newer model if you upgrade the system via replacing u-boot script, same as the Zero 3w. That's just the start. They have since released newer boards with even more variations with none of the problems being solved for the older ones. I'm just disappointed by the software support for these boards, which make them practically useless. For anyone interested, buy the RK3588 Radxa boards with mainline support or buy the orangepi boards.

As a known liar, I was delighted to not watch to the end. 😉

Pi zero 2 w - Micro USB port 😂 lol

Delighted! ;-)

Go Griz!