Banana Pro Review
Feature Comparison
Here is a table comparing the Banana Pro to the original Banana Pi and the Raspberry Pi Model B+:
| Banana Pi | Banana Pro | Rpi Model B+ | |
| Processor | Allwinner A20 | Allwinner A20 | BCM2835 |
| ARM version | ARMv7 | ARMv7 | ARMv6 |
| Cores | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Clock Speed | 912MHz* | 912MHz* | 700Mhz |
| BogoMips | 3824 | 3824 | 698 |
| GPU | Mali 400 | Mali 400 | VideoCore IV |
| Video HW Decode | yes | yes | yes |
| Memory Size | 1GB | 1GB | 512MB |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | DDR3 | SDRAM |
| Memory Speed | 432 | 432 | 400 |
| GPIO pins | 26+10 | 40 | 40 |
| I2C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| SPI | 1/2CS | 1/2CS | 1/2CS |
| UART | 4* | 4* | 1 |
| Camera Flex Socket | Parallel* | Parallel* | CSI |
| LCD Flex Socket | LVDS | LVDS | DSI |
| Ethernet | 10/100/1000* | 10/100/1000* | 10/100 |
| Controller | Allwinner A20 | Allwinner A20 | LAN9514 |
| WiFi | – | AP6181 b/g/n | – |
| Storage | SD | uSD | uSD |
| HDMI out | YES | YES | YES |
| Video out | YES | YES | * |
| 3.5mm audio out | YES | YES w/video | YES w/video |
| SPDIF out | – | – | – |
| SATA | YES | YES | – |
| Mini PCIe Gen 2 | – | – | – |
| USB Host | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| USB OTG | 1 | 1 | – |
| RTC | YES | YES | – |
| Microphone | YES | YES | – |
| Microphone Input | YES | YES | – |
| IR sensor | YES | YES | – |
| Power Button | YES | YES | – |
| Reset Button | YES | YES | header |
| Uboot Button | YES | YES | – |
| Power connector | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mounting holes | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Size | 92mm*60mm | 92mm*60mm | 85mm*56mm |
| MSRP | $50.00 | $60.00* | $35.00 |
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*Unofficial cost estimated based on pricing found on the net, I will add official pricing when I receive it.
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Banana Pro Notes:
- default clock is 912MHz, rated to 1GHz – easy to over clock
- dual core
- twice the memory
- 40 pin GPIO (like the Raspberry Pi Model A+ and B+)
- approx 500Mbps reported as max throughput for Ethernet, my tests ran between 500-700Mbps
- robbedoes posted some Ethernet tuning tips, however I have not tried them yet
- SATA interface is a huge advantage
- Camera connector NOT Raspberry Pi compatible, but same as Banana Pi
- Display connector NOT Raspberry Pi compatible, but same as Banana Pi
- alternate pin functions allow up to four serial ports and a CAN bus
Raspberry Pi Notes:
- CSI camera interface for the Raspberry Pi is more advanced
The Banana Pro’s SATA connector, RTC, double the memory and two cores appeal to power users.
Operating Systems
Here is a list of operating systems found on the official sites for both the Banana Pi and the Raspberry Pi:
| Banana Pro/Pi @ www.lemaker.org |
| Lubuntu |
| Raspbian |
| Android 4.2 |
| Bananian |
| OpenSuse |
| Fedora |
| Gentoo |
| ArchLinux |
| Banana Pi |
| Berryboot |
| LeMedia |
| Scratch |
| OpenMediaVault |
| OpenWrt |
| BananaPi.com additional images |
| Android 4.4 (Beta 1) |
| nOS |
| Kano |
| Moebius |
| RaspberryPi.org |
| NOOBS |
| Raspbian |
| Pidora |
| OpenElec |
| RaspBMC |
| RiscOS |
There are other images available scattered on the net.
It is worth noting that the Raspberry Pi does not support Android as the Raspberry Pi Foundation does not think Android is important to the educational market – a stance I fully understand and agree with.
The other reason why Android is not available for the Raspberry Pi is that the single core 700MHz processor with 512MB of memory would not be able to run modern versions of Android at a speed people are used to.
Review Index
Page 1: Introduction, Does it look the same?
Page 2: Closer Look at the Banana Pro
Page 3: Feature Comparison, Operating Systems
Page 4: Software Compatibility
Page 5: WiringPi, RPi.GPIO, Hardware Compatibility
Page 6: More hardware compatibility, WiFi Configuration
Page 7: Documentation, Benchmarks
Page 8: Power Utilization, Support, Conclusion
