ODROID-C1 : Low Price, High Quality Quad Core Computer only for 35$ !

ODROID-C1 a Low Price, but a High Quality Quad Core mini Computer only for 35$ by HardKernel ! 

Don't put up with the slow single core computer anymore because there is ODROID-C1 a powerful ARM devices with ultra low cost and it's available for only $35 !, ODROID-C1 is called as a as a replacement for the Raspberry Pi. The ODROID-C1 has many advantages, it has processor S805 1.5 Quad-core Amlogic ARM® Cortex®-A5(ARMv7) 1.5Ghz quad core CPUs, 1GB of RAM, It has 2x ARM Mali 450 MP2 GPU @ 600MHz.

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The ODROID-C1 ships with microSD card slot that support 8GB and 16GB UHS-1 cards that are said to be accessible at double speed than a standar flash card. There is an optinal eMMC storage modules socket for even faster access, eMMC is stated as an alternative to microSD.

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The size is nearly the same size as a Raspberry Pi, Size of ODROID-C1 is about 3.35" x 2.2", but ODROID-C1 offers more faster CPU performace. Now, the ODROID project is once again it's sight for the Raspberry Pi users with an almost compatible expansion connector. You need to provide your own storage because the ODROID-C1 doesn't come with any storage, also WiFi and Bluetooth you will need to connect a USB dongle just like on the Raspberry Pi. For some futher information here is the comparison table between ODROID-C1 and Raspberry Pi Model B + :

	Odroid-C1	RPi Model B+
CPU	Amlogic S805 SoC 4 x ARM Cortex-A5 1.5 GHz ARMv7 Architecture @28nm wafer	Broadcom BCM2835 1x ARM11 ARMv6 core @ 700MHz ARMv6 Archiceture @40nm wafer
GPU	2x ARM Mali 450MP @ 600MHz	1x VideoCore IV @ 250MHz
RAM	1GB 32bit DDR3 792 MHz	512MB32bit LP-DDR2 400MHz
Flash storage	microSD UHS-1@100Mhz/SDR50 or eMMC storage option	microSD @50MHz/SDR25, without eMMC storage option
USB2.0 Host	4 ports	4 ports
USB2.0 Device/OTG	1 port for linux USB gadget driver	none
Ethernet	10/100/1000 Mbps	10/100 Mbps
Video out	HDMI	HDMI and Composite RCA
Audio out	HDMI	HDMI / 3.5mm jack
Camera Input	USB 720p	MIPI CSI 1080p
40-pin I/O expansion	40-pin (GPIO/UART/SPI/I2C/ADC)	40-pin (GPIO/UART/SPI/I2C/I2S)
Dimensions	85 x 56mm	85 x 56mm
Weight	40g (1.41 oz)	42g (1.48 oz)
Price	$35	$35

ODROID-C1 is the first Odroid board that based from Cortex-A5, Four cores of Cortext-A5 is much

faster than the RPi's 700MHz ARM11-based BCM2835, as indicated by the benchmarks which show a 8x advantage over the Raspberry Pi. The program that uses to benchmark is a popular benchmark tools called Unix-Bench (5.1.3).

Hardware Details Video for ODROID-C1

The RPi was clocked at 800MHz using Sandisk UHS-1 8GB SDCard running on the Debian Wheezy OS. The ODROID-C1 was clocked at 1.5GHz using 16GB eMMC. Here is the Benchmark result Comparison Table :

Benchmarks(Index Score)	RPi Model B+	ODROID-C1	Ratio
Dhrystone-2 using register variables	162.1	1262.8	7.8
Double-Precision Whetstone	56.2	439.6	7.8
Execl Throughput	61.6	489.4	7.9
File Copy 4K bufsize, 8000 maxblocks	187.9	778.4	4.1
Pipe Throughput	164.1	610.4	3.7
Pipe-based Context Switching	62.7	467.0	7.4
Process Creation	68.2	371.8	5.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)	117.2	874.4	7.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)	106.2	853.8	8.0
System Call Overhead	290.5	1999.7	6.9
Total Index Score	109.8	622.3	5.7

The result is ODROID is 8 times faster that the Raspberry Pi !

Some of a video that test the ODROID-C1 :

Performance Test 

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