RADXA Dragon Q8B

RADXA Dragon Q8B

Qualcomm Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3 Flagship Edge AI SBC for Intelligent Connectivity

SOC

Qualcomm® Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Compute Platform
- 4 × Kryo Prime @ 3.0 GHz + 4 × Kryo Gold @ 2.4GHz, 64-bit CPU Architecture, 5nm process technology
- GPU:  Qualcomm® Adreno 690 (support DirectX Feature Level 12, DirectML)

NPU
- Qualcomm® Hexagon®

AI Engine
- Qualcomm® AI Engine with Up to 29+ TOPS

DSP / Sensing
- Qualcomm® Hexagon® Processor

- Qualcomm® Sensing Hub

Process Technology

5 nm

RAM

LPDDR4X RAM 4266MT/s

up to 32GB

Memory bus width: 128-bit (8 channel, 16-bit per channel)

Onboard SPI Flash for bootloader

STORAGE

• 1x microSD Card Slot
• 1x UFS Module Connector (UFS 3.1 gear 4 x2)
• 1x M.2 M Key 2280 Slot (PCIe 3.0 x4)
• 1x M.2 M Key 2280 Slot (PCIe 3.0 x2)

Onboard SPI Flash for Bootloader

VPU: Qualcomm® Adreno® VPU (5th-generation UHD video processing unit)

• Video decoder: up to 4K120
• Video encoder꞉ Up to 4K60
• Video concurrency꞉ 1080p60 decode and 1080p60 encode/ 4K30 decode +
  1080p30 encode
• HDR playback꞉ Support for HDR10 and HDR10+
• HFR capture꞉ 720p at 480 fps or 1080p at 240 fps

Interfaces

Display 

1× HDMI® 2.1 FRL (Standard Type-A), up to 4K@120

2x USB Type-C (USB 3.1, DisplayPort 1.4 Alt Mode), up to 4K@120

1x MIPI DSI Interface (four lane MIPI DSI)

Camera

1x four lane MIPI CSI and 2x dual lane MIPI CSI Interface

Wireless

1x M.2 E Key 2230 Slot for WiFi / Bluetooth

Supports the latest WiFi 7 Wireless Module (Only V1.3 and later versions support WiFi7)

USB

2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Port (DisplayPort 1.4 Alt Mode)

2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A Port

2x USB 2.0 Type A Port

1x USB Type C Port for Power

Ethernet

2x 2.5 GbE RJ45 Port

Audio

1x 3.5mm Headphone Jack

1x Mic Input Connector

40-pin expansion header supporting:

• UART, I2C, SPI, GPIO
  

Other

• 1x EDL button
• 1x Power button
• 1x Power Header
• 2 pin RTC battery connector
• 1x FAN Connector
• 1x FPC Connector (PCIe 3.0 x1)
• 1x 40-Pin GPIO header -supports UART / I2C / SPI /GPIO

Software

・Supports Radxa OS, Windows, Ubuntu Linux, Armbian, Arch Linux, Nix OS

・Supports standard UEFI boot with built-in default Device Tree and direct boot from unified ARM IOS images

・Includes hardware access libraries for Linux platforms

Power

1x USB Type‑C Port for Power with PD protocol, max input voltage is 20V (recommended 60W (20V/3A) USB-C PD adapter for full performance and peripherals

1x Power Input Header (VIN/GND/PWR)

12-20V power input

Support for external power button

Size

100.2mm x 74.2mm

Operation temperature:

0°C to 60°C

Certifications:

FCC, CE, RoHS in progress

Availability:

expected until at least June 2029 (pls note: certain component shortages or EOL announcements from third‑party suppliers may affect lead times)