MangoPi MQ-QUAD Review: A True Raspberry Pi Zero 2 Competitor - 4 cores & 1GB of RAM benchmarked

In a time when Raspberry Pi’s are few and far between, alternative options such as the MangoPi MQ-QUAD are increasingly interesting and needed. In this review we cover the features, functionality and performance of the Allwinner H616 Quad Arm A53 core CPU. This single board computer is designed to be a drop in replacement of the Raspberry Pi Zero as it features the same form factor (65x30mm). This board is shipped with 1GB of DDR3 RAM. There are two linux distributions provided by MangoPi, tina-linux and debian. These actually appear to be the software images provided by OrangePi for their products. We used the debian image for our benchmarks. Performance in Coremark, PHPbench, GZIP, SmallPT and more are presented to hopefully answer the question of should you buy the Mango Pi MQ-PRO if you are looking for a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 and can’t get your hands on one. MangoPi MQ-QUAD Aliexpress link (affiliate): may be available from other sellers eg: check search as sellers pop up here and there. Allwinner H616 docs: Software images: Follow us on Google News here: Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:04 Pricing 01:50 In the box 02:10 Form Factor 02:37 Features 04:55 Software 05:14 Benchmarks 07:39 Power Consumption 08:30 Conclusions You can find more embedded systems tutorials and projects on our website -- Equipment we use regularly -- The following links are affiliate links where we may make a small percentage on qualifying sales through these links. Use the respective UK or US links listed. Budget Soldering Iron: UK: US: Breadboards: UK: US: Jumper Cables: UK: US: Camera: UK: US: Lens: UK: US: Tripod: UK: US: All videos and tutorials on this channel and mentioned websites are for educational purposes only.