Flagship

RK3588

Rockchip's flagship AIoT SoC: octa-core Cortex-A76/A55, a 6 TOPS NPU, 8K video and the richest high-speed I/O in the family (PCIe 3.0 x4, dual HDMI 2.1 out, HDMI input, SATA, dual GbE MACs).

4× Cortex-A76 + 4× Cortex-A55
6 TOPS NPU (3 cores)
8K@60 decode
PCIe 3.0 x4
HDMI 2.1 ×2 + HDMI RX

Specifications

Architecture	ARMv8.2-A, DynamIQ big.LITTLE
CPU	4× Cortex-A76 up to 2.4 GHz + 4× Cortex-A55 up to 1.8 GHz
GPU	Arm Mali-G610 MP4 (OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.2, OpenCL 2.2)
NPU	6 TOPS (INT8), 3 cores; INT4/INT8/INT16/FP16
Memory	LPDDR4 / LPDDR4X / LPDDR5, up to 32 GB
Storage	eMMC 5.1, SD 3.0, SPI NOR/NAND, SATA 3.0 (combo PHY), NVMe over PCIe
Video decode	8K@60 H.265 / VP9 / AV1, 8K@30 H.264
Video encode	8K@30 H.264 / H.265
Display	HDMI 2.1 ×2, DP 1.4 ×2 (via USB-C), eDP 1.3, MIPI DSI ×2; up to 4 displays
Camera / ISP	48 MP ISP, multiple MIPI CSI-2 D-PHY/C-PHY inputs

Interfaces

PCIe	PCIe 3.0 x4 (bifurcation 1×4 / 2×2 / 4×1) + 3× PCIe 2.1 x1 (shared combo PHY)
USB	USB 3.1 Gen1 ×2 (Type-C/DP alt-mode capable), USB 3 host ×1 (combo PHY), USB 2.0 host ×2
Ethernet	2× GMAC (RGMII, 10/100/1000)
SATA	Up to 3× SATA 3.0 via combo PHY
MIPI	MIPI CSI-2 inputs (D-PHY and C-PHY), MIPI DSI ×2
HDMI input	HDMI 2.0 RX, 4K@60
I2C / SPI / UART	I2C ×9, SPI ×5, UART ×10
GPIO / PWM	5 GPIO banks, PWM ×16
Other	CAN ×3, I2S ×4, PDM, SPDIF, SARADC, SDIO 3.0

Interface counts depend on pin-muxing and combo-PHY configuration. Verify against the official RK3588 datasheet / TRM.

Development

Linux

Vendor BSP kernel 5.10 and 6.1 are production-ready. Mainline has boot, storage, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, HDMI output and GPU (Panthor) support; check the mainline status notes for multimedia pieces.

Android

Rockchip Android SDKs for 12, 13 and 14 exist and are distributed via board vendors (Radxa, Firefly, FriendlyElec) and Rockchip partners.

U-Boot

Vendor U-Boot (next-dev) and mainline U-Boot both support RK3588; mainline needs the DDR init blob and BL31 from rkbin (or TF-A).

Device Tree

Board DTS files include rk3588.dtsi / rk3588s.dtsi. Most bring-up work is pinctrl, regulators, PCIe/PHY modes and camera graphs.

Buildroot

Supported by the Rockchip Linux SDK (Buildroot-based) and by upstream Buildroot defconfigs for popular boards.

Yocto

meta-rockchip provides machine configs for RK3588 boards.

Operating systems

Linux (vendor 5.10 / 6.1 BSP)
Mainline Linux (growing support)
Android 12 / 13 / 14
Debian
Ubuntu
Buildroot
Yocto

Typical use cases

Edge AI boxes and NVRs
8K signage and multi-display kiosks
Robotics and machine vision
ARM PCs, servers and NAS
Industrial HMI with PCIe expansion

RK3588 Tutorials

Android中级

Android Kiosk Mode on Rockchip Devices (Lock Task, Device Owner, Boot to App)

Turn a Rockchip Android board into a single-purpose kiosk: device-owner provisioning, lock-task mode, booting straight into your app, and what to bake into the ROM instead.

6 分钟阅读 · RK3588, RK3588S, RK3576

Linux中级

Build Mainline U-Boot for Rockchip (RK3588, RK3568, RK3399)

Build a mainline U-Boot image with TF-A and the Rockchip DDR blob, then write it to SD, eMMC or SPI flash.

7 分钟阅读 · RK3588, RK3588S, RK3568

Linux中级

Build the Rockchip Linux Kernel (Vendor BSP and Mainline)

Cross-compile a Rockchip kernel on an x86 host, install the Image, DTB and modules, and know when to choose the vendor BSP or mainline.

8 分钟阅读 · RK3588, RK3588S, RK3576

Linux入门

Configure GPIO on Rockchip: Pin Numbering, Device Tree and libgpiod

Convert GPIO3_B5-style names to Linux line numbers, drive pins with libgpiod, and describe them properly in the device tree with pinctrl and overlays.

7 分钟阅读 · RK3588, RK3588S, RK3576

AI 与 NPU中级

Convert YOLO to RKNN and Run It on the RK3588 NPU

Export YOLO to ONNX, quantise and convert it to .rknn with RKNN-Toolkit2 on an x86 host, then run it on the board with RKNN-Toolkit-Lite2, using all three RK3588 NPU cores.

10 分钟阅读 · RK3588, RK3588S, RK3576

入门入门

Flash Any Rockchip Board with rkdeveloptool (Linux & macOS)

Build rkdeveloptool from source, set up udev permissions, and flash raw images, partitions and SPI flash on Rockchip boards.

6 分钟阅读 · 全部 SoC

入门入门

How to Identify a Rockchip SoC (from Linux, U-Boot, USB or the Chip Marking)

Five quick ways to find out exactly which Rockchip SoC and board you are dealing with, even on an unknown device.

4 分钟阅读 · 全部 SoC

硬件调试高级

RK3588 PCIe Not Detecting NVMe: A Step-by-Step Debug Checklist

NVMe missing from lsblk? Work through software, device tree, power/reset and signal integrity in the right order to find why the PCIe link isn't training.

9 分钟阅读 · RK3588, RK3588S, RK3568

入门入门

Rockchip Boot Process Explained: BootROM, TPL, SPL, BL31, U-Boot and Linux

A stage-by-stage walkthrough of how a Rockchip SoC boots, where each piece lives on flash, and how to tell from the serial log which stage failed.

9 分钟阅读 · 全部 SoC

Boards using RK3588

RK3588SBC

Radxa ROCK 5B

Radxa

RAM4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB LPDDR4X
以太网1× 2.5 GbE
PCIeM.2 M-key PCIe 3.0 x4; M.2 E-key

RK3588SBC

Orange Pi 5 Plus

Shenzhen Xunlong (Orange Pi)

RAM4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB LPDDR4/4X
以太网2× 2.5 GbE
PCIeM.2 M-key PCIe 3.0 x4; M.2 E-key

RK3588SBC

FriendlyElec NanoPC-T6

FriendlyElec

RAM4 / 8 / 16 GB LPDDR4X
以太网2× 2.5 GbE
PCIeM.2 M-key PCIe 3.0 x4; M.2 E-key; mini-PCIe (4G LTE)

RK3588SOM

Firefly Core-3588J

Firefly (T-Chip)

RAMLPDDR4 (multiple capacities)
以太网GMAC routed to carrier
PCIePCIe 3.0 x4 + PCIe 2.1 routed to carrier

Related projects

Blueprint

Multi-Camera AI NVR on RK3588

Ingest 8–16 RTSP streams, decode on the VPU, run YOLO on all three NPU cores and record to NVMe/SATA.

Compare RK3588

RK3588 vs RK3588S RK3588 vs RK3576 RK3588 vs RK3568 RK3588 vs RK3399

RK3588 FAQ

What CPU does the RK3588 have?

The RK3588 uses 4× Cortex-A76 up to 2.4 GHz + 4× Cortex-A55 up to 1.8 GHz (ARMv8.2-A, DynamIQ big.LITTLE), built on a 8 nm process.

Does the RK3588 have an NPU, and how many TOPS?

Yes. The RK3588 NPU is rated at 6 TOPS (INT8), 3 cores; INT4/INT8/INT16/FP16. Models are converted to .rknn with RKNN-Toolkit2 and run with the RKNN runtime.

What memory does the RK3588 support?

LPDDR4 / LPDDR4X / LPDDR5, up to 32 GB.

Does the RK3588 support PCIe and NVMe SSDs?

Yes: PCIe 3.0 x4 (bifurcation 1×4 / 2×2 / 4×1) + 3× PCIe 2.1 x1 (shared combo PHY). NVMe SSDs work on PCIe lanes routed to an M.2 M-key slot, provided the controller, PHY, power and reset are enabled in the device tree.

Which operating systems run on the RK3588?

Linux (vendor 5.10 / 6.1 BSP), Mainline Linux (growing support), Android 12 / 13 / 14, Debian, Ubuntu, Buildroot, Yocto. Vendor BSP kernel 5.10 and 6.1 are production-ready. Mainline has boot, storage, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, HDMI output and GPU (Panthor) support; check the mainline status notes for multimedia pieces.

What video can the RK3588 decode and encode?

Decode: 8K@60 H.265 / VP9 / AV1, 8K@30 H.264. Encode: 8K@30 H.264 / H.265.

Which boards use the RK3588?

Boards in our database include Radxa ROCK 5B, Orange Pi 5 Plus, FriendlyElec NanoPC-T6, Firefly Core-3588J. See the hardware database for full specs.

What is the RK3588 used for?

Typical applications: Edge AI boxes and NVRs, 8K signage and multi-display kiosks, Robotics and machine vision, ARM PCs, servers and NAS, Industrial HMI with PCIe expansion.

Documentation & official resources

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