Features
2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU
VideoCore VII GPU, supporting OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2
Dual 4Kp60 HDMI® output (HDR + HEVC decoder)
LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM (4GB and 8GB options)
Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi® + Bluetooth 5.0 / BLE
microSD card slot (high-speed SDR104 mode)
PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for fast peripherals (requires adapter)
4 × USB ports (2 x 3.0 @ 5Gbps & 2 x 2.0)
Gigabit Ethernet (PoE+ requires separate PoE+ HAT)
2 × 4-lane MIPI camera/display ports
5V/5A DC power via USB-C, with Power Delivery support
Raspberry Pi standard 40-pin GPIO header
Real-time clock (RTC), powered by an external battery
Essential accessories
Raspberry Pi 5 will work with a 5V 3A USB-C power supply, but to unlock best performance you’ll want to grab an Official 27W USB-C PD Power Supply, especially if you’re planning on powering power-hungry peripherals like USB drives. You’ll also need a micro SD card.
There are also some new cooling options to make sure your Pi 5 remains comfy whilst under load. The Raspberry Pi 5 Official Case now comes with a built-in fan and removable lid, or you could try the Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler – a combined heatsink/fan that bolts securely to your Pi and plugs into the handy onboard fan connector.
As is longstanding pirate tradition, we’ve also designed a brand new Pibow Case, especially for Raspberry Pi 5 that keeps your Pi safe whilst allowing easy access to the GPIO, the power button, and all the connectors. It’s also compatible with the Active Cooler!
Next level performance
Featuring a 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor running at 2.4GHz coupled with up to 8GB LPDDR4 RAM, Raspberry Pi 5 delivers a 2–3× increase in CPU performance relative to Raspberry Pi 4. Alongside a substantial uplift in graphics performance from an 800MHz VideoCore VII GPU;
That’s performance that you’ll notice when you’re on the desktop, playing games, compiling your kernel for the umpteenth time trying to get Sound Blaster support working with Pulse Audio or just crunching some numbers for the LLM that powers your automated cat GIF scraping bot
Shift those bits!
Raspberry Pi 5 has a whole host of upgrades that make I/O haul butt. The SD card implementation now supports high-speed SDR104 mode doubling peak throughput – we’re seeing 85+MB/s sequential read speeds in early tests!
The new RP1 “southbridge” chip (designed in-house at Raspberry Pi) supercharges the I/O capabilities delivering twice the USB bandwidth and two four-lane MIPI transceivers allowing higher resolution camera and display accessories.
And in a first for Pi, we also have a user-accessible single-lane PCIe 2.0 interface which can be used to interface all sorts of lovely hardware that previously your Raspberry Pi could only dream of talking to. Gosh.
4K display support, dual micro-HDMI
There are dual micro-HDMI ports that support up to 4Kp60, to use your Raspberry Pi 5 with much larger displays with crisp, sharp, high resolution. Use the H.265 4Kp60 hardware decoding to watch 4K movies in your favorite media center distro.
If you need a micro-HDMI cable to plug your Pi 5 into a display we’ve got you covered!
Bluetooth 5.0 and wireless LAN
The new chipset supports Bluetooth 5.0 and also dual-band 802.11ac wireless LAN, like the previous generation Raspberry Pi, for quick wireless networking with less interference and better reception.
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