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@Nick A Awesome!

@xuyitao Did your build pass? Can the NPU handle Ollama?

Thanks, I compiled one myself too, and it works fine. I actually thought Nick A said A7S support was only added in 6.18. I also built a desktop version for A7S, but the GUI doesn't seem to start or work properly.

@humanus Did you build that yourself? I tried Nick's A7A and A7Z images, but they won't boot on the A7S.

@humanus Which A7S image are you using? Mind sharing it? I'm only getting a Mixed score of 1700+ with my script on the official A7S image.

@Nick A Thanks for taking my advice.😄 This is the test program of mine. You can play around with it if you have time. cpu_benchmark.py.zip

@Nick A As shown in the figure, I tested your newly released patched image on this fanless DIY heatsink dev board using a CPU benchmark tool, and the CPU performance is indeed heavily throttled! With v0.6.1, I scored 2571, with average core temps around 75°C. However, with v0.6.4, the all-core score dropped to just 985, with temps hovering around 60°C. This is even significantly lower than the official system image (1700+). I would really prefer a version without these patches; otherwise, the board's potential is being wasted. After all, sustained operation below 90°C is perfectly safe for this CPU. The official release limits CPU performance to prevent high-temp instability and reduce support tickets, but your image doesn't need to impose these restrictions.

@Nick A Rising CPU temps aren't really a concern. I'm using a massive 6x6cm aluminum heatsink for passive cooling. Even without a fan, it keeps the CPU stable under full load for long periods. The real bottleneck is the frequency throttling, which is really holding back performance.

@Nick A I didn't compile the image myself; I downloaded yours directly. What I meant is that when I running a CPU benchmark program, with all 8 cores fully loaded, the score using your image is about 30% higher than with the official image. However, the CPU temperature is also higher, even though I'm using the exact same cooling setup. By the way, that official heatsink seems to be out of stock now.

@Nick A hi, I noticed a big difference in my tests on A7Z. The official image runs cool at 60°C, but your image boosts performance by roughly 30% while hitting 90°C. Did you apply an overclock, or is the stock image just limiting the potential?

@tiobily You can post your issue on the official community as long as you haven't done any hardware modifications yourself. By the way, How did you get the NPU running on this board?

@Nick A Thank you！ That would be very helpful.⭐

@Nick A Is it possible to release a system for Radxa Cubie A7S?

thank u, but I think this board will be a hit soon

Are there any plans to create an Armbian image for the Radxa Cubie A7S? It's a really cute single-board computer with a powerful Allwinner A733 SoC.