The Raspberry Pi 5 has just expanded its lineup with an exciting new variant featuring 2GB of LPDDR4X RAM. This latest model strikes a perfect balance between performance and affordability,
The Raspberry Pi 5 has just expanded its lineup with an exciting new variant featuring 2GB of LPDDR4X RAM. This latest model strikes a perfect balance between performance and affordability, making it an excellent choice for a wide range of users.
- What’s new about it ?
- Features of Raspberry Pi 5
- Comparison with Older Generation
- Getting Started & Setting Up
- Conclusion
What’s new about it ?
This new Raspberry Pi 5 comes with 2GB of LPDDR4X RAM, making it more efficient and strikes perfect balance between performance and affordability making it easier choice foe a wide range of users.
Whether you’re an educator seeking cost-effective tools for the classroom, a hobbyist eager to dive into DIY projects, or a professional looking for reliable and budget-friendly computing solutions, the 2GB RAM variant offers enhanced capabilities at a more accessible price point. In this blog.
We’ll delve into the key features, benefits, and ideal use cases for this new Raspberry Pi 5 model.
You can get it from here.
Features of Raspberry Pi 5
- 2.4GHz quad-core, 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, with 512KB L2 caches and a 2MB shared L3 cache
- VideoCore VII GPU
- LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM (4GB and 8GB SKUs available at launch)
- 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz 802.11ac Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth 5.0 or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
- Micro SD 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 PoE+ HAT)
- 2 × 4 lane MIPI camera/display transceivers
- PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for fast peripherals (higher-bandwidth peripherals)
- 5V/5A DC power (PD enabled)
- Raspberry Pi standard 40-pin header
- Real-Time Clock (RTC), powered by an external battery
- On-board power button
Due to popular demand, the Raspberry Pi 5 includes two new features to help you identify the board:
1) Each board will include a marking on the upper side of the PCB to identify what memory density is fitted to a specific board (visible in the graphic above).
2) All boards carry a unique serial number on the PCB and the individual carton, so you can trace what actual boards have been shipped to a specific customer
Comparison with Older Generation
| Raspberry Pi 4 | Raspberry Pi 5 | |
| CPU | Broadcom BCM2711, quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v6) 64-bit SoC @ 1.8GHz | Broadcom BCM2712, quad-core Cortex-A76 (ARM v8), 64-bit SaC @ 2.4GHz |
| RAM | 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB | 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB |
| Connectivity | 2.4GHz and 5.0 GHz 802.11ac Wi-FiBluetooth 5.0, BLEGigabit Ethernet2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 portsStandard 40-pin GPIO header2x micro HDMI ports (up la 4Kp60)2x lane MIPI DSI, 2x Iane MIPI CSI4pole stereo audio and composite video | 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz 802.11ac Wi-FiBluetooth 5.0, BLEGigabit Ethernet1x PCIe 0 interface2x USB 3.0 supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation, 2x USB 2.0 portsStandard 40-pin GPIO header2x micro HDMI ports (up to 4Kg6O)2 x 4-lane MIPI (DSI/CSI) |
| OS and Data storage | microSD card slot | microSD card slot with support for high-speed SDR104 mode |
| Input Power | 5V/3A DC (via USB-C connector or GPIO) | 5V/5A DC (PD-enabled) |
| POE | Via separate PoE HAT | Via separate nen PoE HAT |
| Real-Time Clock (RTC) | N/A | RTC and RTC battery connector |
Getting Started & Setting Up
To start using the Raspberry Pi 5x, we need to do few things first to set up the Raspberry Pi OS.
Download the latest Pi Imager tool for your particular operating system from here. And install it.
After installing it, open it up and select the board, and the particular type of OS you’d like to run.
We’d be going with 64-bit with desktop environment for ease of use.
Press next and start the process, it might take some time, as it is downloading and writing the files onto the SD Card.
Once it finishes copying of all the files over to the the card, it’ll auto eject and say the card is ready. Take out the card, and slot it into the Raspberry Pi’s micro sd card slot.
On powering up for the first time, it will take lil bit of extra time as this is it’s first time. But from the next time onwards it wont. And once you’ve booted up into the desktop, you’re ready to use it as you see fit.
You can browse the internet, watch youtube, run programs, play games, do anything you’d like to do.
Conclusion
In short, this new variant of Raspberry Pi 5 2GB version is going to fit most of the basic needs where we wont be needing that much of RAM. Like people who are trying to get into or getting started with Raspberry Pi and electronics and programming.
Also, since this has just 2GB of RAM, it is much more palatable for people who just wanna make simpler projects.
So, why you waiting? Get one today, and explore your inner creativity with Raspberry Pi 5.
