Budget-Friendly 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 Launches for $50

Raspberry Pi has just announced the latest addition to its flagship Raspberry Pi 5 lineup—a more affordable 2GB variant priced at $50.

Launched just over ten months ago, the Raspberry Pi 5 series has been celebrated as a breakthrough product that brings affordable desktop computing to the masses.

The Raspberry Pi 5 series represents a significant leap in performance, delivering up to 150 times the power of the original Raspberry Pi, which debuted in 2012. This dramatic improvement is the result of advanced engineering, the benefits of mass production, and the ongoing progress of Moore’s Law.

Until now, the lowest-priced Raspberry Pi 5 variant was the 4GB model, available for $60. With the launch of the 2GB version, priced at just $50, Raspberry Pi has managed to reduce costs without compromising on the essential features that have made the series so popular.

The new 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 is built on a cost-optimized D0 stepping of the BCM2712 application processor, which strips away unnecessary features to focus solely on what Raspberry Pi users need.

This streamlined design allows for a lower production cost, enabling the company to pass on the savings to consumers.

Like its 4GB and 8GB counterparts, the 2GB variant features the powerful BCM2712C1, a 16nm application processor developed by Broadcom. This processor includes a quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 running at 2.4GHz and the latest iteration of the VideoCore multimedia platform

While power users who need to drive dual 4Kp60 displays, open numerous browser tabs, or compile complex software may prefer the higher memory variants, the 2GB version will be more than sufficient for many everyday use cases.

Whether it’s coding, media streaming, or general desktop use, Raspberry Pi believes this budget-friendly model is sure to meet the needs of a diverse user base.