Raspberry Pi 5 with in-house silicon is 2x faster than Pi 4.

Raspberry Foundation, the organization behind the highly popular Raspberry Pi, has announced a new single-board computer-the Raspberry Pi 5, as a successor to Raspberry Pi 4, launched in 2019. In this article, we will be discussing the Raspberry Pi 5; its features, availability, and expected price in Nepal.

Raspberry Pi 5 Overview

Raspberry Pi is the first Raspberry Pi product to have an in-house silicon that supports PCIe 2.0.

Performance

The Raspberry Pi 5 has an upgraded 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor, running at 2.4GHz. This new processor is an improvement over the quad-core Cortex-A72 processor found in the Pi 4, providing over twice (or more) the performance.

The GPU, VideoCore VII GPU, has also received a boost, now running at a clock speed of 800MHz. In terms of memory, the device offers two options: 4GB and 8GB of LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM. However, it’s important to note that there are reports of the Raspberry Pi 5 running hot.

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Connectivity and Ports

The Pi 5 introduces “Southbridge,” an in-house silicon, to enhance its I/O peripheral capabilities. As such, connectivity options include Bluetooth 5.0 and dual-band 802.11ac aka WiFi 5. For wired networking, it provides Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+ (requires separate POE+ HAT) support.

In terms of USB ports, there are 2x USB 3.0 ports and 2 USB 2.0 ports. It also supports camera and display connectivity with 2x 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers.

Raspberry Pi 5 Specification

• SoC: Broadcom BCM2712
  • Processor: Quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor, 2.4 GHz, crypto extensions, 512KB per-core L2 caches, 2MB shared L3 cache
  • GPU: VideoCore VII GPU, 800 MHz, OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2, 4Kp60 HEVC decoder
• Memory: 4GB/8GB LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM
• Storage: MicroSD card
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.0, Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi
• Networking: Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+ support
• USB ports: 2 × USB 3.0 ports, 2 × USB 2.0 ports
• Camera/Display: 2 × 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers
• Expansion and Peripherals: PCIe 2.0 x1 interface, Raspberry Pi standard 40-pin header
• Power: 27W USB-C Power Supply

Raspberry Pi 5 Price in Nepal and Availability

The Pi-Board will be available at a starting price of USD 60 for the base 4GB variant. We expect the Raspberry Pi 5 price in Nepal to be NPR 10,000 when it arrives here.

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