Specifications
SoC
Allwinner A733 — 2x Cortex-A76 @ 2.0 GHz + 6x Cortex-A55 @ 1.79 GHz + RISC-V E902 @ 200 MHz
GPU
Imagination BXM-4-64 MC1 (OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0)
NPU
3 TOPS INT8 AI accelerator
VPU
8Kp24 H.265/VP9/AVS2 decode; 4Kp30 H.265/H.264 encode
Memory
1/2/4/8/12/16 GB LPDDR5-4800
Storage
microSD up to 128 GB; eMMC footprint (8-64 GB); UFS 3.0 footprint (32-128 GB)
Display
mini HDMI 2.0 (4Kp60), 4-lane MIPI DSI, USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode
Camera
2x 4-lane MIPI CSI connectors
Expansion
PCIe Gen 3.0 x1 FPC connector; 40-pin GPIO header
Wireless
Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 LE
USB
1x USB 3.1 OTG Type-C; 1x USB 2.0 Type-C (5V/3A power in)
Power Input
5 V / 3 A via USB Type-C
Dimensions
65 x 32 mm (Raspberry Pi Zero form factor)
Operating Systems
Android, Ubuntu, Debian and other Linux distributions
Overview
The Orange Pi Zero 3W is a 65 x 32 mm single-board computer that occupies the Raspberry Pi Zero footprint yet carries the Allwinner A733 octa-core SoC, up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 and a dedicated 3 TOPS NPU. That combination targets on-device ML, computer vision and edge IoT workloads in a board small enough for embedded and handheld designs.
Unlike the Raspberry Pi Zero it echoes, the Zero 3W adds a PCIe Gen 3.0 x1 FPC connector for high-speed add-ons, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4, and dual 4-lane MIPI CSI camera inputs. Storage is flexible — microSD plus optional footprint-mounted eMMC or UFS 3.0 — and the board runs Android or mainstream Linux distributions.
Key Benefits
Raspberry Pi Zero footprint with far more I/O and RAM — up to 16 GB LPDDR5 versus 0.5 GB on a Pi Zero 2 W. A dedicated 3 TOPS NPU enables local vision and lightweight generative-AI inference without a cloud round-trip. PCIe 3.0, dual MIPI CSI and Wi-Fi 6 make it a capable sensor-hub board, and the low power envelope suits battery and always-on edge deployments.
Applications
Edge AI vision nodes, robotics and drones, industrial IoT gateways, smart-home hubs, digital signage media players, handheld and portable computing, maker and evaluation platforms.
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