Raspberry Pi: official boards, kits and accessories

Each family has its own page, with the boards, compatible accessories and a buying guide.

• Raspberry Pi 5 : the most powerful model, from 1 to 16 GB of RAM, with PCIe for NVMe SSDs. The right choice for a new project.
• Raspberry Pi 4 : from 1 to 8 GB, more energy-efficient, compatible with a very wide choice of cases and tutorials. Produced until at least January 2034.
• Raspberry Pi 500 : a generation 5 Raspberry Pi built into a French AZERTY keyboard. Just add a screen and a mouse.
• Raspberry Pi Zero : 65 x 30 mm, for connected objects and lightweight embedded projects.
• Raspberry Pi Pico : RP2040 and RP2350 microcontrollers, programmable in MicroPython or C/C++, without an operating system.
• Compute Module : the Raspberry Pi as a module to integrate onto a carrier board, for industrial products.

Just starting out? A complete Raspberry Pi 5 kit contains everything to get started, with Raspberry Pi OS already installed on the microSD card. To compare all generations line by line, see our Raspberry Pi comparison table.

Single-board computers

The Raspberry Pi 5 is the brand's flagship model: Broadcom BCM2712 processor with four Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.4 GHz, variants from 1 to 16 GB of RAM, a PCIe 2.0 x1 connector and two micro-HDMI 4Kp60 outputs. All its versions and the detailed comparisons are gathered on its dedicated page.

The Raspberry Pi 4 remains a safe bet: BCM2711 quad-core Cortex-A72, 1 to 8 GB of LPDDR4, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0. It consumes less than the Pi 5 and relies on a huge catalog of cases and tutorials.

The Raspberry Pi 500 integrates a generation Pi 5 computer into a keyboard, with 8 GB of LPDDR4X: plug in a screen and a mouse, and it is a complete workstation. For industrial integration, the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 reuses the BCM2712 on a module to be mounted on a carrier board, with 2 to 16 GB of RAM and 0 to 64 GB of eMMC depending on the part number.

Finally, two families address compact projects: the Raspberry Pi Zero range (65 x 30 mm) for lightweight connected objects, and the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontrollers, based on the in-house RP2040 and RP2350 chips, programmable in MicroPython or C/C++, without an operating system.

Official Raspberry Pi accessories

• Power supply : for the Pi 5, theOfficial 27 W USB-C power supply delivers 5.1 V at 5 A. With a 5 A source, the Pi 5 provides up to 1.6 A to its USB peripherals; with another compatible power supply, it limits them to 600 mA.
• Protection and cooling : the official Raspberry Pi 5 case includes a PWM fan controlled by the board's dedicated connector and an adhesive heatsink.
• Fast storage : the HAT+ M.2 for Raspberry Pi 5 takes an M.2 2230 or 2242 NVMe SSD via the PCIe 2.0 x1 link, for a system that is noticeably more responsive than with a microSD card.
• Image : the Camera Module 3 features an 11.9 MP Sony IMX708 sensor, in standard (75°) or wide-angle (120°) versions.
• Display : the Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 7 inch (720 x 1280) connects via DSI and is powered through the GPIO.

Which Raspberry Pi model for which use?

Need to compare specifications line by line? Our Raspberry Pi comparison table puts all generations side by side.

• Each generation has its own power connector : micro-USB 2.5 A up to the Pi 3, USB-C 3 A for the Pi 4 and Pi 400, USB-C 27 W recommended for the Pi 5.
• Micro-HDMI : the Pi 4, Pi 5 and Pi 500 use micro-HDMI. Plan for the right cable, as a standard HDMI cable does not plug in directly.
• DSI displays : the Zero range has no DSI connector, so the Touch Display 2 is not intended for it.
• SSD NVMe : the standard HAT+ M.2 accepts the 2230 and 2242 formats, not 2280 SSDs, nor M.2 SATA SSDs.
• microSD card : NOOBS has been discontinued. Install the system with Raspberry Pi Imager, which directly offers the images suited to your model.
• PoE : the Pi 5's Ethernet socket is PoE+ compatible (IEEE 802.3at), those of the Pi 4 and 3B+ are PoE compatible (802.3af). In all cases, a PoE HAT suited to the model is essential.

New to the platform? Follow our guide to starting a Raspberry Pi for the first time, then pick up ideas from our 10 open source Raspberry Pi projects to try. For the connected home, our Home Assistant and home automation selection brings together sensors and gateways; for retro gaming, our retro gaming kits are ready to play. And if you prefer to receive a ready-to-use machine, our Raspberry Pi assembly service takes care of the build.