Orange Pi 3 Comes With 2GB RAM, USB 3.0 and 4K Display Support

Orange Pi's latest flagship board promises superior specs to the Raspberry Pi while costing as much as $35.

The Orange Pi 3 is a single-board computer featurng the AllWinner H6 SoC (ARM Cortex A53 quad-core 1.8GHz CPU x64), 1GB/2GB LPDDR3 (shared with GPU) , an optional 8GB eMMC flash, four USB 3.0 ports, support for 4K displays via HDMI 2.0a, Gigabit Ethernet, onboard mPCIe 2.0, and Bluetooth 5.0.

These specs improve on the most powerful Raspberry Pi, the Model B+, with its quad-core 1.4GHz CPU, 1GB DDR2 RAM, four USB 2.0 ports, HDMI 1.3, and Gigabit Ethernet over USB2.0, which tops out at 300Mbps. The Orange Pi 3 also matches the Pi 3 B+'s support for 802.11ac Wi-Fi.

The Orange Pi 3 suggest it can be used as a desktop computer, media center or file server.

The Orange Pi 3 lists Android 7.0 as being officially supported on the board, alongside Ubuntu and Debian.

The board only has a 26-pin header for hooking up the machine to other boards, sensors and motors, compared to the 40-pin header on the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+.

Specifications

CPU	H6 Quad-core 64-bit 1.8GHZ ARM Cortex-A53
GPU	• High-performance multi-core GPU Mali T720 • OpenGL ES3.1/3.0/2.0/1.1 • Microsoft DirectX 11 FL9_3 • ASTC(Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression) • Floating point operation greater than 70 GFLOPS
Memory+Onboard Storage	Four Types: 1GB LPDDR3 (shared with GPU)+EMMC(Default Empty) 2GB LPDDR3(shared with GPU)+EMMC(Default Empty) 1GB LPDDR3 (shared with GPU)+8GB EMMC Flash 2GB LPDDR3(shared with GPU)+8GB EMMC Flash
WIFI+BT	AP6256, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, BT5.0
Onboard Network	10/100M/1000M , ethernet RJ45
Network Chip	RTL8211
Audio Input	MIC
Audio Output	HDMI 2.0a and 3.5 mm AV Jack
Video Output	HDMI 2.0a and CVBS
Video Decoding	• H265/HEVC Main/Main10 profile@Level5.2 High-tier ;4K@60fps, up to 6Kx4K@30fps • H264/AVC BP/MP/HP@level5.1, MVC, 4K@30fps • VP9，Profile 0/2, 4K@30fps • AVS+/AVS JIZHUN profile@level 6.0, 1080P@60fps
PCIE	• Supports RC mode • Supports x1 Gen2(5.0Gbps) lane • Complies with PCI Express Base 2.0 Specification
Power Source	DC input，MicroUSB (OTG)
PMU	AXP805
USB 2.0 Ports	1USB 2.0 Host, 1USB OTG 2.0
USB 3.0 Ports	4*USB 3.0 Host
Low-level peripherals	26 Pin
GPIO(1x3) pin	UART, ground.
LED	Power LED、Status LED and USB3.0 LED
IR	YES
Key	Power(SW4)
Supported OS	Android7.0, Ubuntu, Debian
Interface definition
Product size	90mm*64mm
Weight	75g