Just last week, we wrote about the Orange Pi 6 Plus, a powerful CIX P1 SBC that features up to 64GB LPDDR5 memory. Now, the company has introduced the Orange Pi 4 Pro, an Allwinner A733-based low-cost, low-power SBC, which is very similar to the Radxa Cubie A7A in terms of architecture, AI capabilities, and use cases.
It supports up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, eMMC modules (16–128 GB), NVMe SSD via an M.2 M-key PCIe 3.0 slot, and microSD storage. Connectivity options include Gigabit Ethernet with PoE, WiFi 6, and Bluetooth 5.4. It also features HDMI 2.0, dual MIPI CSI/DSI interfaces, USB 3.0/2.0 ports, and audio I/O. Target applications include robotics control, industrial automation, smart gateways, NAS, and more.
Orange Pi 4 Pro specifications:
- SoC – Allwinner A733
- CPU
- Dual-core Arm Cortex-A76 @ up to 2.00 GHz
- Hexa-core Arm Cortex-A55 @ up to 1.79 GHz
- Single-core RISC-V E902 real-time core
- GPU – Imagination Technologies BXM-4-64 MC1 GPU
- VPU
- 8Kp24 H.265/VP9/AVS2 decoding
- 4Kp30 H.265/H.264 encoding
- AI accelerator – Optional, up to 3 TOPS NPU
- CPU
- System Memory – Up to 16GB LPDDR5 memory
- Storage
- M.2 M-Key slot (PCIe 3.0) for NVMe SSD
- MicroSD card slot up to 128GB
- Optional 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB via plugabble eMMC module
- Optional 128Mbit or 256Mbit SPI flash
- Display interfaces
- HDMI 2.0 output up to 4K at 60Hz
- 4-lane MIPI DSI interface
- Camera interface – 1x 2-lane (top side) and 1x 4-lane (bottom side) MIPI CSI camera interfaces
- Audio
- 3.5mm audio jack (input/output)
- JST connector for external speaker
- Onboard microphone
- Networking
- Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port using YT8531CA PHY transceiver; PoE support
- WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 support
- USB
- 1x USB 3.0 host port
- 3x USB 2.0 host ports
- 1x USB 2.0 OTG Type-C port
- Debug – UART header for debug
- Expansion
- 40-pin Raspberry Pi-like colour-coded GPIO header
- M.2 M-Key slot (PCIe 3.0) for storage or AI accelerator
- Misc
- Boot, Power, and Reset buttons
- Power LED
- 2-pin 5V fan header
- Power Supply
- 5V/3A via USB-C connector
- Optional PoE module via 4-pin header
- Dimensions – 89 x 56 mm
- Weight – 58 g
The company provides tools, documentation, and schematics, along with official Ubuntu, Debian, and Android images, as well as the Android source code. However, many of the links currently redirect to empty Google Drive folders. The only link that is working is the Linux source code hosted on GitHub. Since this new board uses the same SoC as the Radxa one, we can expect that it should work with the Allwinner Tina SDK 1.4.6. Allwinner/Radxa also promised mainline support for the A733, but progress appears slower than anticipated, although the datasheet, TRM, and some software documentation were released in July.
Official pricing information is as follows:
- $35 with 4GB RAM
- $40 with 6GB RAM
- $45 with 8GB RAM
- $55 with 12GB RAM
While the specs mention up to 16GB of LPDDR5, the company hasn’t provided pricing for it. Only the 4GB and 8GB variants are currently available on AliExpress (some ad blockers will hide this link). Alternatively, the 8GB RAM model is listed on Amazon, but shown as “currently unavailable”. More information can be found on the product page.
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> The only link that is working is the Linux source code hosted on GitHub
Nope, that’s just a link to a Xunlong fork of Armbian scripts. From there https://gitee.com/orangepi-xunlong/orange-pi-5.15-sun60iw2 is referenced which doesn’t contain much other than some smelly 5.15 BSP code drop and the board dts containing the string ‘radxa’ at least once.
There’s a reason it’s called Pro.
35$ for cotex a76 cores and 4gig of ram that’s pretty low price.. I mean they give hardware with no whatsoever at this stage I wonder if we gonna get mainline support at all
What does “official Ubuntu” mean?
My expectation: the Ubuntu image provided by Canonical itself on ubuntu dot com, does run out of the box.
Correct?
Incorrect.
Orange Pi feels so shady.
They don’t use HTTPS and host their file on Google drive.
It looks like they don’t want to invest at all in security, if I had to bet, I would bet their hardware have backdoors.
I would buy RPI 4, in the same price tag.
Which would be faster?
for this price a few months ago you could get 8xA55 , now 2xA76 & 6xA55.. amazing. But of course.. alwinner is shity we all know it…
Rk3588 days are close to be over
What’s on the horizon to knock the RK3588 off its perch?
Allwinner 737: 2xA78 & 6xA55
im not sure if there was another with quad A78s coming too
Let’s first wait for allwinner to implement 64-bit memory bus to transport the data manipulated by the big cores, otherwise they’ll spend their time waiting for data while the whole family of small cores are bored twiddling thumbs.
Do you actually mean it or is it just a joke?
Allwinner is basically allergic to software support. Without software support, any silicon is just over engineered garbage.
And Arm without dedicated software effort? Good luck with that.
Let me ask this dumbass question in case anyone else would,
How many VRAM the GPU has?
The presence of the full size 2280 nvme slot is actually quite rare in low budget SBCs. But as mentioned already, it’s a shame Linux support is so poor.
The prices are nothing like the MSRP even on the Orange Pi Aliexpress page. Heck, Amazon has cheaper prices–but the lead times make it clear that they’re shipping from China as well.
Will this run home assistant supervised?
The more important thing here, where’s the case? without any case the board is useless 🙁