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Official Raspberry Pi 5 16GB Product Photo Raspberry Pi 5 16GB Now Costs $385, More Than Three Times Its $120 Launch Price

The most powerful Raspberry Pi has just become the most expensive one by a wide margin. On 2 November, Raspberry Pi raised the price of the 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 by $80, to $385. That is more than three times the $120 the board cost when it launched in January 2025. The 16GB Compute Module 5 variants go up by $40 each.

Why the price went up again

CEO Eben Upton blamed memory. He wrote…