Last October, Raspberry Pi had to increase the price of its CM4/CM5 Compute Modules due to DDR4 supply constraints. Now the company has had to do the same for the Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 single board computers, and launched the Raspberry Pi 5 1GB for people wanting a lower cost option.
They could not get the traditional $35 price tag, and the new low-cost Pi 5 sells for $45. Here’s what the old and new prices are.
| Product | Density | Old price | New price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi 4 | 4GB | $55 | $60 |
| Raspberry Pi 4 | 8GB | $75 | $85 |
| Raspberry Pi 5 | 1GB | – | $45 |
| Raspberry Pi 5 | 2GB | $50 | $55 |
| Raspberry Pi 5 | 4GB | $60 | $70 |
| Raspberry Pi 5 | 8GB | $80 | $95 |
| Raspberry Pi 5 | 16GB | $120 | $145 |
$145 for a Raspberry Pi 5 16GB starts to be really stiff, especially since that’s only the board we are talking about here. Other casualties are 16GB variants of the Compute Module 5, which got a price increase of $20 after being spared by the October price adjustments. The cheapest Pi 4/5 option – the Raspberry Pi 4 1GB – is still sold for $35. It’s not in the table above as the price remains the same, and the same is true for the $45 Raspberry Pi 4 2GB. Raspberry Pi 3+ and earlier models, as well as the Raspberry Pi Zero family, are not affected by the price change.
The Raspberry Pi 5 1GB appears to have limited availability, as it looks to be mainly available through European resellers, and Canakit in the US and Canada, but you’ll have a hard time sourcing it in Asia, and none of the “rest of the world” resellers have stock for this model.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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