Banana Pi BPI-F3 (SpacemiT K1)
SpacemiT K1 (8×X60)
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Banana Pi (chip: SpacemiT)
- Specs
- 8× X60 (RV64GCVB, RVA22, RVV1.0), 2.0 TOPS; IMG BXE-2-32 GPU @819MHz; 2/4/8/16GB LPDDR4; 8/16/32/128GB eMMC; 2× GbE, 4× USB3.0, HDMI1.4 (1080p), PCIe2.1 (M.2 M-Key + mini PCIe), WiFi6/BT5.2; 148×100mm
- form factor
- Single-board computer (SBC) / BPI-CM6 compute module
- Price
- About $68 (base) to $190 (16GB/128GB) at AliExpress/Banana Pi stores; prices vary a lot with RAM and eMMC (reseller quotes)
- Preinstalled / official OS
- bianbu
- Doc languages
- zh / en
- Checked
- 2026-11-01
K1 was one of the highest-volume high-performance RISC-V SBC chips in 2024-2025, and the BPI-F3 has the most varied ecosystem (official Bianbu plus community Armbian/Fedora/openSUSE/Arch/Gentoo images). The RuyiSDK support matrix covers the BPI-F3 too.
Distros
- Bianbu Official Bianbu is the vendor's pick (SpacemiT K1 image; 16GB supported since v1.0.7)
- Armbian Community Armbian Standard support with Debian/Ubuntu images (SD boot only)
- Debian Community Provided via Armbian
- Ubuntu Community Provided via Armbian (not Canonical official)
- Fedora Community A third-party image linked from the Banana Pi docs
- openSUSE Community As above, a third-party image
- Arch Linux RISC-V Community As above, a third-party image
- Gentoo Community As above, a third-party image
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Docs and videos
Pitfalls
- Bianbu images come in SD (*.img.zip) and eMMC (*.zip) variants; the wrong one won't boot
- The vendor pushes Bianbu only; Debian/Ubuntu come mainly from Armbian community images, and Armbian supports SD boot only
- Early Bianbu (<v1.0.7) does not support the 16GB memory version
- HDMI is 1.4/1080p only — not suitable for a 4K desktop
RuyiSDK test reports9
Systems RuyiSDK actually tested on this board. Open a report for install steps and the verdict.
| Distros | Status | Versions | Last tested | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | ◐ Basic | edge | 2024-12-10 | Open report |
| Armbian | ◐ Basic | 25.2.0(noble) · 24.5.0 | 2025-01-20 | Open report |
| Bianbu | ◐ Basic | 3.0.1(Desktop) · 3.0.1(Desktop Lite) · 3.0.1(minimal) | 2025-09-29 | Open report |
| deepin | ● Good | — | 2025-02-16 | Open report |
| Fedora | ◐ Basic | 40 | 2024-10-28 | Open report |
| openEuler | ✕ Fails to boot | — | 2025-04-05 | Open report |
| openKylin | ● Good | 2.0-SP1 | 2025-01-20 | Open report |
| OpenWrt（not covered here） | ◐ Basic | 23.05.2 | 2024-10-31 | Open report |
| Tizen（not covered here） | ◌ Needs verification | — | 2025-09-18 | Open report |
Status meanings: good — fully usable (desktop boots); basic — basic system (serial console works); part — partial functionality; cft — image exists, needs verification; cfh — documented as supported but fails to boot; cfi — claimed supported, no image; wip — announced only.
Sources13
- docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-F3/BananaPi_BPI-F3
- archive.spacemit.com/image/k1/version/bianbu/
- armbian.com/boards/bananapif3
- docs.banana-pi.org/zh/BPI-F3/BananaPi_BPI-F3
- docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-F3/GettingStarted_BPI-F3
- forum.banana-pi.org/c/risc-v/bpi-f3/122
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/BPI-F3/Alpine/README/
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/BPI-F3/Armbian/README_noble/
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/BPI-F3/Bianbu/desktop/
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/BPI-F3/Deepin/README/
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/BPI-F3/Fedora/README/
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/BPI-F3/openEuler/README/
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/
The full source list and how each claim is judged: Sources