Raspberry Pi 5 Launched; Brings 2-3x Performance Gains

After almost 4 years, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has released the next-gen single-board computer Raspberry Pi 5. It’s touted to bring 2x to 3x performance improvement over the last-genRaspberry Pi 4. The new SBC packs a more powerful processor and features an in-house chip developed by the RPi Foundation. To learn more about Raspberry Pi 5 and its specs, read on.

Raspberry Pi 5 Launched, Starting at $60

The Raspberry Pi 5 is the most powerful SBC made by the Foundation yet. It packs in a Broadcom BCM2712 CPU withfour Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.4GHz. For comparison, the last-gen RPi 4 had a max frequency of 1.8GHz with four Cortex-A72 cores. The increase in clock speed and improved Cortex-A76 cores should provide a good leap in performance.

Apart from that, itfeatures a VideoCore VII GPUwith support for OpenGL ES 3.1 and Vulkan 1.2 graphics APIs. The GPU can now power dual 4K 60FPS monitors with HDR support via 2 micro HDMI ports, which means the GPU has also seen substantial improvement. Notably, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has developed anin-house silicon called the RP1for enhanced I/O performance with external peripherals.

The best part about Raspberry Pi 5 is that it comes with4GB of LPDDR4X RAMwith the base variant (unlike 2GB of LPDDR4 RAM on RPi 4) and goes up to 8GB. In addition, you get the usual dual-band Wi-Fi support, Bluetooth 5.0, and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). For the first time, the Foundation has also included a single-lane PCIe port (2.0) to connect your NVMe and PCIe devices, which is impressive.

There is also anon-board power buttonfor the first time. In terms of ports, you have 2x USB 3.0 ports and 2x USB 2.0 ports. And for power delivery, the Raspberry Pi 5 sports a USB-C connector, which is awesome. Even after substantial upgrades and with 4GB of RAM on the base variant, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has managed to keep the price low at $60, and that is remarkable. The Raspberry Pi 5 will go on sale from October 2023.

Arjun Sha

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