Raspberry Pi 5 price hike means the 16GB model now costs three times what it did at launch — and of course, the…
- Raspberry Pi has raised the 16GB Pi 5's price by $80 to $385, more than triple its $120 launch price
- Company CEO blames lack of alternative 16GB DRAM supply, compounded by wider component shortages
- Raspberry Pi called the hikes temporary, but memory makers expect tight supply to last until 2028 to 2030
Raspberry Pi has raised the price of its 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 yet again, and the flagship board now sits far from the brand's budget roots.
In a blog post, company CEO Eben Upton confirmed an $80 increase that takes the board to $385, which is more than triple the $120 it cost at launch in January 2025.
The 16GB variants of Compute Module 5 increase by $40 in the same round, while the Raspberry Pi 500+, the company's keyboard computer that also offers 16GB of RAM, remains at its existing price.
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