Banana versus raspberry pi

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(14-08-2017 09:09)IDM Wrote:  Hi I have used both a raspberry pi 2 and 3 and you can obviously tell that the pi 3 responds quicker than the 2. I was however wondering how the Banana pi might fare. Id did find an online article that said the Banana pi is faster when working a s a NAS for upload and download. However, I see the CPU is slower. The banana pi seems attractive as it has SATA which seems better than using a USB 2.0.

Does anybody have experience of how the banana pi compares to the raspberry pi 3? It's the access time and search and load speed that interest me.

Thanks in advance.
Ian

If you really want faster, check out an Odroid by Hardkernel. Similarly priced, faster and without some of the Pi's architectural limitations (i.e. separate network and USB controller, which avoids a network bottle neck).

The article you found seems to allude that the Banana Pi also has resolved the I/O bottleneck by using separate controllers for USB and network.

But which board are you actually interested in? On the Banana Pi website I found at least half a dozen boards you could use.