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Welcome to the latest generation of Raspberry Pi: the everything computer.
Featuring a 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor running at 2.4GHz, Raspberry Pi 5
delivers a 2–3× increase in CPU performance relative to Raspberry Pi 4. Alongside a
substantial uplift in graphics performance from an 800MHz VideoCore VII GPU; dual
4Kp60 display output over HDMI; and state-of-the-art camera support from a rearchitected
Raspberry Pi Image Signal Processor, it provides a smooth desktop experience for
consumers, and opens the door to new applications for industrial customers.
For the first time, this is a full-size Raspberry Pi computer using silicon built in-house
at Raspberry Pi. The RP1 “southbridge” provides the bulk of the I/O capabilities for
Raspberry Pi 5, and delivers a step change in peripheral performance and functionality.
Aggregate USB bandwidth is more than doubled, yielding faster transfer speeds to external
UAS drives and other high-speed peripherals; the dedicated two-lane 1Gbps MIPI camera
and display interfaces present on earlier models have been replaced by a pair of four-lane
1.5Gbps MIPI transceivers, tripling total bandwidth, and supporting any combination of
up to two cameras or displays; peak SD card performance is doubled, through support for
the SDR104 high-speed mode; and for the first time the platform exposes a single-lane
PCI Express 2.0 interface, providing support for high-bandwidth peripherals.
Specification
Processor Broadcom BCM2712 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU,
with Cryptographic Extension, 512KB per-core L2 caches, and a
2MB shared L3 cache
Features: • VideoCore VII GPU, supporting OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2
• Dual 4Kp60 HDMI® display output with HDR support
• 4Kp60 HEVC decoder
• LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM
(4GB and 8GB SKUs available at launch)
• Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi®
• Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• microSD card slot, with support for high-speed SDR104 mode
• 2 × USB 3.0 ports, supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation
• 2 × USB 2.0 ports
• Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support
(requires separate PoE+ HAT)
• 2 × 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers
• PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for fast peripherals
(requires separate M.2 HAT or other adapter)
• 5V/5A DC power via USB-C, with Power Delivery support
• Raspberry Pi standard 40-pin header
• Real-time clock (RTC), powered from external battery
• Power button