This morning we are excited to announce the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB of RAM
We first announced Raspberry Pi 5 back in the autumn of 2023, with just two choices of memory density: 4GB and 8GB.
Last summer, we released the 2GB variant, aimed at cost-sensitive applications. And today we’re launching its bigger sibling, the 16GB variant, priced at $120.
Why 16GB, and why now?
Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton Explains: 
" We’re continually surprised by the uses that people find for our hardware. Many of these fit into 8GB (or even 2GB) of SDRAM, but the threefold step up in performance between Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 opens up use cases like large language models and computational fluid dynamics, which benefit from having more storage per core.
And while Raspberry Pi OS has been tuned to have low base memory requirements, heavyweight distributions like Ubuntu benefit from additional memory capacity for desktop use cases.
The optimised D0 stepping of the Broadcom BCM2712 application processor includes support for memories larger than 8GB. And our friends at Micron were able to offer us a single package containing eight of their 16Gbit LPDDR4X die, making a 16GB product feasible for the first time."
Raspberry Pi 5 16GB Specifications
- SoC – Broadcom BCM2712 “D0” stepping
- CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor @ 2.4 GHz with crypto extensions, 512KB per-core L2 caches, 2MB shared L3 cache
- GPU – VideoCore VII GPU @ 800 MHz with support for OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2, 4Kp60 HEVC decoder
- System Memory – 16GB LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM
- Storage – MicroSD card slot with support for high-speed SDR104 mode
- Video Output/Input
- 2x HDMI port up to 4Kp60 with HDR support
- 2x 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers
- Networking
- Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port via Broadcom BCM54213PE transceiver; optional PoE+ support through Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT
- Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
- USB – 2x USB 3.0 ports supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation, 2x USB 2.0 ports
- Expansion
- 40-pin Raspberry Pi GPIO header
- PCIe 2.0/3.0 x1 FFC interface
- Misc – Real-time clock (RTC) powered from an external battery, power button, UART debug connector
- Power Supply – 5V/5A DC power via USB-C, with Power Delivery support
- Dimensions – 85 x 56 mm
The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB is being added to our online stores as we speak.
