The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385

04/11 12:15 - The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385
The times, they are a-changin’, and not for the better. Raspberry Pi is the archetypal single-board project PC. Its monster popularity comes down to its open nature, easy-to-work-on layout, and its low price. But while data centers devour the world’s RAM supply, low prices are a thing of the past. The latest round of price increases makes the 16GB variant of the Raspberry Pi 5 a whopping $385 USD. The slim Pi Compute Module 5 16GB also gets a price bump, from $335 to $375. According to CEO Ebon Upton, the company is trying to hold out on price increases for the Pi 500+ PC-in-a-keyboard, and I assume that’s possible just because they sell fewer of those than the regular Pi devices. That brings the recent, full-power Pi lineup pricing to this grim table, going by today’s prices on PiShop US: Model1GB2GB4GB8GB16GBPi 4 model B$35$67.50$100Pi 400 keyboard$76Pi 5$45$77.50$110$175$385Pi 500 keyboard$180Pi 500+ mechanical$450Pi Compute Module 5$67.50$75.50 wireless$100$105 wireless$165$170 wireless$375$380 wireless Just for a quick comparison, the Pi 5 launched in 2023 with the 4GB variant starting at $60. The 16GB version debuted in January 2025 for just $120. It’s now more than 300 percent as expensive, almost entirely due to memory price increases. The various models are also experiencing shortages, with the usual scalping problems tagging along. Upton says that the latest price increases are driven by a lack of alternatives, but that the current landscape is “ultimately temporary.” “We look forward to rolling back our price increases when memory costs fall once again.” Here’s hoping. ...