After ODROID-N2, Khadas VIM3 is the second Amlogic S922X powered development board to become available to the maker community. However, while the former have been available for a couple of month, we only knew most of Khadas VIM3 specifications so far.

Shenzhen Wesion has now announced a launch date and pricing for the board, and as well as released a few more details. Khadas VIM3 Basic and Pro will start selling on June 24 for respectively $69.99 with 2GB RAM and 16GB flash, and $99.99 with 4GB RAM and 32GB flash. Those prices are very attractive, and competitive against ODROID-N2 due to the extra features like built-in flash. The downside is that those are introductory prices that will be effective for the first production batch and until July 22, 2019 only, after which prices will increase.

The company also provided a comparison table showing the main difference between their earlier Edge-V Pro (RK3399) board, ODROID-N2 4GB and Khadas VIM3 Pro to help people decide which board is right for them.

Model Edge-V Pro VIM3 Pro Odroid-N2 4GB SoC Rockchip RK3399

x2 A72 + x4 A53

Mali T864 GPU Amlogic S922X

x4 A73 + x2 A53

Mali G52 MP4 GPU NPU – RAM 4GB LPDDR4, 64bit 800MHz 4GB LPDDR4, 32bit 1600MHz 4GB DDR4, 32bit 1320MHz eMMC On-board, 32GB Socket SPI Flash 16MB 8MB Wi-Fi 2T2R 802.11 ac with RSDB – Bluetooth V5.0 – M.2 Socket 4-lane PCIe 1-lane PCIe (shared with USB 3.0) – Wake-on-Lan ✔ Timer on (RTC) ✔ USB-C DP Display ✔ – eDP Display ✔ – MIPI-DSI Display 2

1 – MIPI-CSI Camera 4-lane x2 with dual 14MP ISP – Gesture Control ✔ – Motion Tracking Tri-axis Gyroscope

Tri-axis Accelerometer Tri-axis Accelerometer – Battery ✔ – User Buttons Reset, Power, Function – Power Supply 2x USB-C USB-C, Pogo Pad DC Jack IR Receiver Dual Channels One Channel AV Out – ✔ USB Host 1x USB 3.0 + 1x USB 2.0 4x USB 3.0 USB OTG Port USB-C Micro USB Board Dimensions 82.0 x 58.0 x 13.0 mm 90 x 90 x 17 mm SoC Process 28nm 12nm Decoding 4K 60fps [email protected] Support multi-video decoder up to [email protected] Encoding H.264 at [email protected] H.265 & H.264 at [email protected]

You may wonder why there’s an NPU row since none of the board listed here come with one. That’s because there’s a blacked out column in the original comparison table. but Khadas does mentioned a “Next generation, deep-neural-network applications, at 2.5 TOPS” in the product page, so I suspect a Khadas VIM3 “AI” board with Amlogic S922D processor may be in the works too.

We also got the first photo of the back of the board with MIPI CSI camera connector, MIPI DSI and TP (touch panel) connectors for LCD displays, as well as the M.2 socket and microSD card slot. In case you wonder how will an M.2 2280 NVMe SSD will fit in a 82 cm long board, the company will provide an adapter with a flexbile cable.

The comparison did not stop there, as the company also provided a price comparison table if one was to add all Khadas VIM 3 features to ODROID-N2.

SBC Board $159

(Free shipping) $99.99

(Free shipping) $79

(Does not include shipping) eMMC – $26.90 WiFi – $7.9 Bluetooth – $4.8 Shipping – $10 (Estimated) Amount $159.00 $99.99 $128.60

So if you plan to get a 32GB eMMC flash module with your ODROID-N2, Khadas VIM will already be cheaper. All prices for N2 board’s accessories are taken from Hardkernel store. One little detail not mentioned in Khadas comparison tables is that ODROID-N2 comes with a proper cooling solution by the way of a large heatsink plate placed on the processor-side of the board. There’s no information about Khadas VIM3 cooling solution just yet, so we’ll have to find out what it is and this will add to the cost as well, but likely only a few dollars. Khadas VIM3’s $99.99 price tag is also temporary, and price after July 22 has not been announced.