High-performance Raspberry Pi alternatives

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Huawei HiKey 960
The Huawei HiKey 960 is essentially a PC running Android.
At a whopping $239 it's not cheap, but it certainly has the horsepower to handle whatever task you want to throw at it.
- Kirin 960 SoC Quad Core ARM (4 x 2.3GHz ARM A73 cores, and 4 x 1.8GHz ARM A53 cores)
- ARM Mali G71 MP8 GPU
- 3GB LPDDR4 RAM
- 32GB of UFS flash storage
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Published: May 1, 2017 -- 11:00 GMT (04:00 PDT)
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Udoo Quad
A $135 quad-core board that's just as at home running Android as it is Linux.
- Freescale i.MX 6 ARM Cortex-A9 quad core 1GHz CPU
- Vivante GC 2000 + Vivante GC 355 + Vivante GC 320 GPU
- Integrated accelerators for 2D, OpenGL ES2.0 3D and OpenVG
- Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU (same as Arduino Due)
- RAM DDR3 1GB
- 76 fully available GPIO: 62 digital + 14 digital/analog
- Arduino-compatible R3 1.0 pinout
- HDMI and LVDS + Touch2 Micro USB (1 OTG type a+b)
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Published: May 1, 2017 -- 11:00 GMT (04:00 PDT)
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Arduino INDUSTRIAL 101
A $40 Arduino that's idea for integration into a commercial or industrial product.
- Atheros AR9331 processor
- 64MB of RAM
- 16MB of flash storage
- USB 2.0
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Published: May 1, 2017 -- 11:00 GMT (04:00 PDT)
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Banana Pi M3
Banana Pi M3 is a super charged single board computer with an Octa-core processor and 2GB of RAM. It also features Gigabit Ethernet, 2 USB, SATA, WiFi, Bluetooth, and HDMI connection. It can run on a variety of operating systems including Android, Lubuntu, Ubuntu, Debian, and Raspbian.
- Octa-core 1.8GHz CPU
- 2 GB RAM
- 8 GB eMMC flash storage
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth onboard
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Published: May 1, 2017 -- 11:00 GMT (04:00 PDT)
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cloudBit
The easiest way to create internet-connected devices - no programming, soldering or wiring required. IFTTT support allows it to connect with any web service, like Facebook, Gmail and Twitter, or hardware like NEST and Philips HUE.
All for just $59.95.
- Freescale i.MX23 ARM926EJ-S processor
- 64MB of RAM
- 802.11b/g/n
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Published: May 1, 2017 -- 11:00 GMT (04:00 PDT)
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Parallella
The Parallella computer is a high performance, credit card sized computer based on the Epiphany multi-core chips from Adapteva. Starting at $99, the Parallella can be used as a standalone computer, an embedded device or as a component in a scaled out parallel server cluster.
- 16-core Epiphany RISC SOC
- Zynq SOC (FPGA + ARM A9)
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 1GB SDRAM
- Micro-SD storage
- Up to 48 GPIO pins
- HDMI, USB (optional)
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Published: May 1, 2017 -- 11:00 GMT (04:00 PDT)
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Intel Edison with Kit for Arduino
At around $92, the Intel name doesn't come cheap, but this Arduino-compatible board is turning out to be a popular choice.
- Dual-core, dual-threaded Intel Atom CPU with a 32-bit Intel Quark microcontroller
- 1GB of RAM
- 4GB of flash storage
- Integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 LE
- Support for Yocto Linux, Python, Node.js and Wolfram
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Published: May 1, 2017 -- 11:00 GMT (04:00 PDT)
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PixelPro
The PixelPro features a i.MX6Q Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 running at 1.0 GHz, with 2D and 3D GPUs and an embedded 2GB 64-bit DDR3 RAM, which means that it is capable of running rich multimedia applications, embedded web servers, digital entertainment systems, industrial control systems, and high definition video.
At $129.95, the PixelPro is not cheap, but you get a lt of power for the cash.
- Freescale i.MX6Q SoC Quad Core ARM Cortex-A9 up to 1GHz
- 2GB of RAM
- WiFi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- Gigabit Ethernet
- PCIe x1
- USB 2.0
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Published: May 1, 2017 -- 11:00 GMT (04:00 PDT)
Caption by: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes