Raspberry Pi Hikes Prices Again, Barely a Month After the Last Round
Eben Upton said the increase is unavoidable as memory shortages push up costs across Raspberry Pi’s lineup.
- On Monday, CEO Eben Upton announced an $80 price increase for the 16GB Raspberry Pi 5, bringing the cost to $385 following ongoing component shortages.
- The ongoing memory pricing crisis, often called "RAMageddon," is driven by the push to produce HBM for AI hyperscalers, which is inundating small towns throughout the United States.
- Alongside the main price hike, the maker added $40 to 16GB Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 variants, while the 2GB Pis model saw an increase last month.
- At $385, the 16GB model now costs triple its $120 January 2025 launch price; Upton suggested customers use Pis with less memory or older models to avoid excess RAM.
- While Upton called the hikes "unavoidable" but temporary, Hynix reported last week that RAM demand will likely outstrip supply through to 2030, suggesting prolonged constraints.
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The original concept of the single economic board computer suffered one more review. The 16 GB version of Raspberry Pi 5 saw its price rise by 80 dollars at once, fixing itself now at a significant 385 dollars on the international market. The ad marks the third consecutive aggravation recorded throughout 2026 to [...]
The 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 got another ‘unavoidable’ RAM price hike
The Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB of RAM now costs $385 after an $80 price hike, the latest in a string of increases driven by the ongoing RAM shortage. This configuration launched at $120 and now costs more than triple that price. The 16GB versions of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 also got a […]
The Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB of memory is experiencing an immediate increase of $80, raising its official price to $385. This outbreak, which also affects the CM5 industrial modules, is a direct result of the capture of DRAM's global inventory by the data centres dedicated to artificial intelligence.
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