The Raspberry Pi Foundation and Broadcom collaborated to create the Raspberry Pi line of compact single-board computers in the UK. The initial focus of the Raspberry Pi project was to encourage the study of fundamental computer science in schools. We shall discuss its future product, the Raspberry Pi 5, in this article.
What is the Raspberry Pi 5 Release Date?
The release date of Raspberry was announced on the 28th of September 2023.
Just another day mimic’ing the ISS with our usual Raspberry Pi 4… OR IS IT#Pi5 #RaspberryPi
RASPBERRY PI 5 ANNOUNCEMENT DAY!!! pic.twitter.com/7YHiyVZKFR
— ISS Mimic (@ISS_Mimic) September 28, 2023
It will be released before the end of October 2023 and be 2-3 times faster than the Raspberry Pi 4.
The Raspberry Pi 5 is 2.5x faster than the Pi 4 (sometimes more!), and I have the FULL rundown — let me walk you through it in this thread. #RaspberryPi #Pi5 pic.twitter.com/y1FXw0duaw
— Jeff Geerling (@geerlingguy) September 28, 2023
What are the New Features of Raspberry Pi 5?
- 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU
- GPU is known as VideoCore VII with dual 4Kp60 HDMI display output support for OpenGL ES 3.1 and Vulkan 1.2
- HEVC decoder for 4Kp60
- Wi-Fi 802.11ac dual-band
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Version 5.0
- Quick microSD card interface with SDR104 compatibility
- Two USB 3.0 ports that provide Gigabit Ethernet and 5Gbps operation simultaneously (PoE+ functionality requires an additional PoE+ HAT; coming soon)
- PCIe 2.0 x1 interface with two 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers for quick peripherals
- 40-pin GPIO standard header for the Raspberry Pi
- The time is now
- Energy button
Have a look at the Raspberry Pi 5 in a tweet provided below:
Raspberry pi 5 is out !! pic.twitter.com/yBijBzAwEx
— Kaiyes (@Kaiyes_) September 28, 2023
What is the Price of Raspberry Pi 5?
Raspberry has made an effort to maintain the initial costs of its B-category items. The Raspberry Pi 1B has cost $35 since its debut. Due to its higher anticipated enhancements such as 8-16GB of RAM, 4x USB 3 ports and an eMMC slot, the Raspberry Pi 5 may cost between $40 and $60.
What Differentiates the Raspberry Pi 5?
The Pi 5 has a new, significantly more powerful system-on-a-chip. The Broadcom BCM2712 is powered by a 2.4GHz, 64-bit, quad-core Cortex-A76 processor with 4MB of total cache. A VideoCore VII GPU has also been included, which supports OpenGL ES 3.1 and Vulkan 1.2.
The RP1 is a brand-new I/O Southbridge chip developed by the Raspberry Pi team to support the SoC. By doing this, the majority of the input/output including USB and GPIO pins is taken off the primary CPU.
In conclusion, since the Raspberry Pi 5 can run up to three times faster than a Pi 4, it is comparable to other SBCs to use when you require additional computing capability.
Pros And Cons Of The Raspberry Pi 5
Pros:
- Major increase in speed
- Two cameras and a display
- Energy button
- Built-in real-time clock Minor price increase
Cons:
- HATs Need Active Cooling And New Software Updates To Operate Correctly
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