This appears to be the same processor as the HiFive Premier P550 dev board. So, while this is pretty much the fastest RISC-V CPU, it is still only about as fast as a Raspberry Pi 4.
Still, RISC-V is catching up. Fast enough to be useful.
What I really want to see is the price. The HiFive board with 16 GB is $400 (pretty steep). A 16 GB Pi 5 is under $200 and of course faster.
Still, depending on price, RISC-V is becoming a viable choice. Very cool.
See thats the usecase I always wonder about: an older x86mainboard with a CPU (way faster than any pi and with additional sata/m2 ports ) included is like 50 bucks, 16 GB RAM for that like 20. Even if you buy stock and exchangeable CPU from last generation, you are way under 200 bucks.
That beeing said I’m excited RISCV seems to be gaining traction.