Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 gigabytes of RAM presented
The Raspberry Pi 5 is now also available with 16 GB RAM, in addition to the versions with 2, 4 or 8 GB. However, the surcharge is somewhat high.
Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 gigabytes of RAM
(Image: c’t Magazin)
When the Raspberry Pi 4 was launched in 2019, the Raspi developers already stated that a version with 16 gigabytes of RAM would be feasible in principle. But this is only coming now, only with the Raspberry Pi 5 and expensive: the list price is 120 US dollars, which is estimated to be 130 to 135 euros in Germany.
This makes the 16 GByte version of the Raspi 5 around 45 euros pricier than the 8 GByte version (88 euros).
For comparison: A memory bar with 8 GB DDR4 RAM costs less than 20 euros. The models with 2 or 4 GB are currently available from 55 and 65 euros respectively.
Videos by heise
ARM SoC in stepping D0
The Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GByte LPDDR4-4267 RAM is equipped with the D0 version (stepping) of the ARM SoC Broadcom BCM2712, which debuted on the 2 GByte version presented in August 2024. It is also used on the Compute Module 5 (CM5) and in the Raspberry Pi 500 and is slightly more economical in idle mode than the older stepping C1.
In the short test, the Raspberry Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM consumed around 0.4 watts more power in idle mode than the other versions with BCM2712 D0, namely 2.95 watts instead of around 2.5 watts. The Raspi 5 with the older chip requires around 3.4 watts. Under full load, the maximum is just under 9 watts for all CPU steppings.
In benchmarks such as openSSL, 7-zip, Geekbench 6 and JetStream 2.2, we found no differences in computing power compared to Raspi 5 versions with less RAM. The huge RAM is only useful for certain applications, for example for virtualizing multiple operating systems or running numerous (Docker) containers.
Empfohlener redaktioneller Inhalt
Mit Ihrer Zustimmung wird hier ein externer Preisvergleich (heise Preisvergleich) geladen.
Ich bin damit einverstanden, dass mir externe Inhalte angezeigt werden. Damit können personenbezogene Daten an Drittplattformen (heise Preisvergleich) übermittelt werden. Mehr dazu in unserer Datenschutzerklärung.
Empfohlener redaktioneller Inhalt
Mit Ihrer Zustimmung wird hier ein externer Podcast (Podigee GmbH) geladen.
Ich bin damit einverstanden, dass mir externe Inhalte angezeigt werden. Damit können personenbezogene Daten an Drittplattformen (Podigee GmbH) übermittelt werden. Mehr dazu in unserer Datenschutzerklärung.
(ciw)
