Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, let's take a look at the power consumption of the NanoPi R6C during boot up, idle and full load. We will also check out the R6C WAN to LAN throughput with OpenSpeedTest and iPerf3. At the end of the video, there will be OpenVPN and Wireguard VPN throughput tests.

The NanoPi R6C is a "lite" version of the NanoPi R6S. It has the same Rockchip RK3588S SoC, but the WAN port is only Gigabit Ethernet to save the throughput for the M.2 PCIe connector. At the time of testing, the NanoPi R6C is running the latest version of FriendlyWrt. It is a fork of OpenWrt.

Quick summary:
- PPPoE : 940Mbps @ 3.5W
- LAN to LAN iPerf3: 2.36Gbps @ 5W
- OpenVPN: 448 Mbps
- Wireguard VPN: 880 Mbps @ 4.5W

NanoPi R6C Review youtu.be/VgjLQY8MfCk
NanoPi R6S Review youtu.be/-rlJ_80d01U

Video time frame:
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - NanoPi R6C Power Consumption (boot up/idle/full load)
01:19 - Power Consumption with the NVMe SSD installed
01:49 - 940Mbps PPPoE SpeedTest - CPU Load & Power Draw
02:22 - 2.36Gbps LAN to LAN iPerf - CPU Load & Power Draw
02:59 - NanoPi R6C OpenVPN Throughput (OpenSpeedTest & iPerf3)
03:34 - NanoPi R6C Wireguard VPN Throughput (OpenSpeedTest & iPerf3)

Where to get the R6C:
- Official store: friendlyelec.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=291
- R6C 4G RAM no eMMC - amzn.to/3pSZXf9 (Amazon US affiliate)
- R6C 8GB RAM 32GB eMMC - amzn.to/42NQzb0 (Amazon US affiliate)

That is all for the test. Thanks for watching and see you all in the next video!