Raspberry Pi raises 16GB Pi 5 price to $385 as memory costs climb

The increase follows a smaller rise on lower-memory models and puts the top-end board well above the price range the brand was known for.

Raspberry Pi has raised prices on some 16GB models, lifting the 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 by $80 to $385 with immediate effect and the 16GB Compute Module 5 by $40. Founder Eben Upton blamed the sharp rise in memory costs over the past two years and said other hardware makers had made similar moves. The 16GB Pi 500+ desktop keeps its price, though at $485 it was already expensive. This follows a earlier increase of $12.50 on the 2GB Pi 4 and Pi 5, which now cost $67.50 and $77.50, and the 1GB models have not changed. The increases hit a brand whose boards were long built around a $25 to $35 target, and makers may look to Pico or ESP32 boards for small projects and to mini PCs for heavier work.