2GB Raspberry Pi 5 on sale now at $50
2GB Raspberry Pi 5 on sale now at $50
Today, we’re happy to announce the launch of the 2GB Raspberry Pi 5, built on a cost-optimised D0 stepping of the BCM2712 application processor, and priced at just $50.
The new D0 stepping strips away all that unneeded functionality, leaving only the bits we need. From the perspective of a Raspberry Pi user, it is functionally identical to its predecessor: the same fast quad-core processor; the same multimedia capabilities; and the same PCI Express bus that has proven to be one of the most exciting features of the Raspberry Pi 5 platform. However, it is cheaper to make, and so is available to us at somewhat lower cost. And this, combined with the savings from halving the memory capacity, has allowed us to take $10 out of the cost of the finished product.
So, while our most demanding users — who want to drive dual 4Kp60 displays, or open a hundred browser tabs, or compile complex software from source — will probably stick with the existing higher memory-capacity variants of Raspberry Pi 5, many of you will find that this new, lower-cost variant works perfectly well for your use cases.
I’m curious on how others are using the RPi 5 since (from what I understand) it doesn’t have a graphics card or something like that, leading to lower compatibility with some things like PiKVM.
I would assume it’s still perfectly fine for Home Assistant and the like.
Can't talk about the 5, but I use an older RPi 3 for my 3D printer (running Klipper) and an RPi 4 for Kodi on my dumb TV.
I'm sure the RPi 5 has a graphics unit as well, with HDMI outputs? Never heard that that one was for headless applications only.
Sorry, it seems I misremembered, it seems the 5 does not have GPU video encoders:
Raspberry Pi 5 is not supported right now. It doesn't have GPU video encoders, therefore, there is no point in using it for PiKVM, it will not give any performance boost for this case. The Pi 5 is a great device, just not suitable for PiKVM.