Radxa Orion O6N Nano-ITX SBC featues Cix P1(CD8160) SoC with 30 TOPS AI Power

Radxa Orion O6N Nano-ITX SBC

Radxa has recently introduced the Orion O6N Nano-ITX SBC, a low-cost variant of the Orion O6 mini-ITX motherboard, which they introduced last year. This new board features the CIX P1 (CD8160) 12-core Armv9 processor with a built-in 30/45 TOPS AI accelerator, making it suitable for AI, edge computing, and embedded applications that require high performance in a compact form factor.

The board combines up to 64GB LPDDR5 RAM, dual M.2 NVMe slots, UFS storage, and a range of display interfaces, including HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4, and USB-C DP Alt Mode for triple-display setups. Connectivity options include dual 2.5GbE ports, optional WiFi 7/6E and 5G modules, and multiple USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports. Expansion is supported via PCIe Gen4 x8 slot, M.2 sockets (E, B, and M-Key), and a 40-pin GPIO header for custom I/O. These features make it the same as the Orion O6, with fewer display interfaces, no dedicated audio port, 2.5GbE networking, and a few more as listed below.

Radxa Orion O6N Nano-ITX SBC Specifications Overview

The specifications below highlight the main upgrades and changes compared to the earlier Orion O6, with short notes such as “(new)” or “(updated)” used for clarity.

Radxa Orion O6N Specifications:

• SoC: Cix P1 (codename: CD8160) (new SoC)
  • 12-core Arm DynamIQ CPU
    • 4× Cortex-A720 “Big” cores @ up to 2.6 GHz
    • 4× Cortex-A720 “Medium” cores @ up to 2.4 GHz (new cluster design)
    • 4× Cortex-A520 “Little” cores @ up to 1.8 GHz
    • 12 MB shared L3 cache
  • GPU:
    • Arm Immortalis-G720 MC10 with hardware ray tracing (updated GPU)
    • Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0
  • VPU:
    • Decode: up to 8K @ 60 fps (AV1, H.265, H.264, VP9, VP8, H.263, MPEG-4/2)
    • Encode: up to 8K @ 30 fps (H.265, H.264, VP9, VP8)
  • NPU: up to 30 TOPS (INT4/8/16, FP16/BF16, TF32) (higher performance)
  • Fabrication: TSMC 6 nm (improved process)
• Memory: 8 GB / 16 GB / 24 GB / 32 GB / 48 GB / 64 GB LPDDR5 @ 5500 MT/s, 128-bit bus (expanded range)
• Storage:
  • 2 × M.2 M-Key (PCIe Gen 4 ×4) for NVMe SSD
  • 1x UFS connector for Radxa storage module
• Display:
  • HDMI 2.0 up to 4K @ 60 Hz with CEC
  • DisplayPort 1.4 up to 4K @ 120 Hz, MST + dual-stream (higher refresh rate)
  • USB-C with DisplayPort Alt Mode up to 4K @ 60 Hz
  • Supports up to three displays
• Audio: 3.5mm port and audio header removed for the 6N
• Camera: 2 × MIPI CSI (each 4-lane / 2-lane configurable)
• Networking:
  • 2 × 2.5 GbE RJ45 ports (10/100/1000/2500 Mbps) (Slower LAN, compared to 5Gbps) 
  • Optional Wi-Fi 7 / 6E + Bluetooth via M.2 E-Key (PCIe Gen 4 ×2 + USB)
  • Optional 4G LTE / 5G via M.2 B-Key socket (New feature)
• USB:
  • 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (10 Gbps, DP Alt Mode 4K @ 60 Hz)
  • 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (10 Gbps)
  • 3 × USB 2.0 Type-A (New feature)
• Expansion:
  • 2 × M.2 M-Key (PCIe Gen 4 ×4)
  • 1 × M.2 E-Key (PCIe Gen 4 ×2 + USB)
  • 1 × M.2 B-Key
  • 6 × UART headers
  • 40-pin GPIO header with 3× UART, 2× I²C, 2× I²S, 2× PWM, 1× SPI, 10× GPIO
• Debug: Serial console header
• Other Features:
  • System sensors for temperature and voltage monitoring
  • Power button and status LED
  • Cooling and system control
  • 4-pin CPU fan header with PWM control and tachometer feedback
  • 75 × 75 mm heatsink mount holes
  • RTC with backup battery header (instead of coin cell holder)
• Power: 12 V DC @ up to 5 A (via barrel jack or 4-pin connector)
• Form factor: Nano-ITX (120 × 120 mm)

Orion O6N Nano-ITX SBC Front and Back Side

The Radxa Orion O6N supports Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions out of the box, providing a full desktop experience with UEFI boot via EDK II. Developers get access to a complete Board Support Package (BSP) and Software Development Kit (SDK) for custom builds, kernel modifications, in the documentation and download section of the products page, but the documentation section is under development. But you can check out the docs for the earlier O6 to get an idea.

Orion O6N Nano-ITX SBC Dimensions

The Orion O6N Nano-ITX SBC is now available through Artech for $199 (32GB RAM variant), and you can get $12 off with the coupon code ARACE-O6N.

Images used courtesy of radxa.com