News New $120 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 is for the people who use it like an everyday PC

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Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...or-the-people-who-use-it-like-an-everyday-pc/

The 16GB version of the Pi 5 includes the revised "d0" stepping of the Pi 5's BCM2712 processor. For the Pi's purposes, this chip is functionally identical to the original version but uses slightly less power and runs slightly cooler because it cuts out silicon used for features that the Pi 5 didn't take advantage of.

Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton writes that the 16GB version of the Pi 5 is possible because of other tweaks made to the d0 stepping of the Pi 5's processor, plus an updated LPDDR4X chip from Micron that could fit eight 16 Gbit RAM dies inside a single package that could fit on the Pi 5's board.
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Wondering how this will work in competition with 3rd party products like:
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Wondering how this will work in competition with 3rd party products like:
www.seeedstudio.com

reComputer AI R2130-12 - Raspberry Pi High-Performance Edge AI Computer, Based on Raspberry Pi 5, Hailo-8 AI Acceleration Module | 8GB RAM

reComputer AI R2000 is a powerful Edge AI Computer based on the Raspberry Pi 5. With quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor 8GB RAM, M.2 SSD support, and an Hailo-8 AI acceleration module providing up to 26 TOPS, Enabling real-time, low latency & high-efficiency AI inferencing. it's the perfect...
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That one is still based on a Pi 5. On the whole, there is not going to be a huge user base for this variant unless you consider the slight performance improvement from the d0 stepping.

A completely built Mini PC like this sells for about $150-160 mostly and just has a lot more to offer than a Pi 5.

Personally, think the 4GB Pi5 is the sweet spot for projects. Anything beyond that involves use cases where a Pi is being used just for the sake of it when better options exist.
 
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