{"id":21,"date":"2024-04-05T15:04:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=21"},"modified":"2026-10-19T06:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:01:11","slug":"raspberry-pi-5-16gb","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/produit\/raspberry-pi-5-16gb\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi 5 16GB"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Raspberry Pi 5 16GB: the most powerful Raspberry Pi for AI and servers<\/h2>\n<p>The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB combines the Broadcom BCM2712 quad-core Cortex-A76 processor at 2.4 GHz with 16 GB of LPDDR4X-4267, the largest capacity ever offered on a Raspberry Pi. This memory is a game changer for locally run language models, virtual machines, large numbers of containers or big development projects. The rest of the board is the same as the Raspberry Pi 5: dual 4Kp60 output, PCIe 2.0, USB 3.0, dual-band Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet.<\/p>\n<h3>Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>16 GB of LPDDR4X-4267<\/strong> : headroom for the most memory-hungry workloads.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CPU two to three times faster<\/strong> than the Raspberry Pi 4's.<\/li>\n<li><strong>VideoCore VII GPU at 800 MHz<\/strong>, OpenGL ES 3.1 and Vulkan 1.2, two 4Kp60 displays with HDR.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PCIe 2.0 x1<\/strong> for an NVMe SSD or an AI accelerator via a HAT.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+<\/strong> via a separate HAT, 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power button and real-time clock<\/strong> integrated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Technical specifications<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mr-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Element<\/th>\n<th>Raspberry Pi 5 16GB<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Processor<\/td>\n<td>Broadcom BCM2712, 4 x 64-bit Cortex-A76 at 2.4 GHz, 512 KB of L2 per core, 2 MB of L3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Memory<\/td>\n<td>16 GB LPDDR4X-4267<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GPU<\/td>\n<td>VideoCore VII 800 MHz, OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Video<\/td>\n<td>2 x micro-HDMI 4Kp60 with HDR, 4Kp60 HEVC decoder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Network<\/td>\n<td>Gigabit Ethernet (PoE+ via HAT), 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 and BLE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USB<\/td>\n<td>2 x simultaneous USB 3.0 at 5 Gbit\/s, 2 x USB 2.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Extension<\/td>\n<td>PCIe 2.0 x1, 40-pin GPIO, 2 x 4-lane MIPI connectors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Storage<\/td>\n<td>microSD SDR104<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Power supply<\/td>\n<td>USB-C 5 V 5 A with Power Delivery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Board dimensions<\/td>\n<td>85 x 56 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Operating temperature<\/td>\n<td>0 \u00e0 70 \u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Which one to choose? Pi 5 16GB, Pi 5 8GB or Raspberry Pi 500+<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mr-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Model<\/th>\n<th>Memory<\/th>\n<th>Format<\/th>\n<th>For whom<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Raspberry Pi 5 16GB<\/td>\n<td>16 GB<\/td>\n<td>Bare board<\/td>\n<td>Local AI, virtualization, multi-service server<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/product\/raspberry-pi-5-8gb\/\">Raspberry Pi 5 8GB<\/a><\/td>\n<td>8 GB<\/td>\n<td>Bare board<\/td>\n<td>Desktop, Docker, media server<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/product\/raspberry-pi-500-plus\/\">Raspberry Pi 500+<\/a><\/td>\n<td>16 GB<\/td>\n<td>Mechanical keyboard computer with 256 GB SSD<\/td>\n<td>Complete workstation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/product\/kit-ollama-ia-locale-raspberry-pi-5-16gb-nvme\/\">Local AI Ollama kit<\/a><\/td>\n<td>16 GB<\/td>\n<td>Pi 5 16GB with 512 GB NVMe SSD<\/td>\n<td>Plug-and-play private LLM server<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The processor is identical across all versions: only go for 16 GB if your applications really need it. To compare the whole range, visit the Raspberry Pi 5 page.<\/p>\n<h2>Compatibility and pitfalls<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bare board<\/strong> : the Raspberry Pi 5 ships without a case or enclosure; plan for a case or a bumper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cooling essential<\/strong> under sustained load: Active Cooler or ventilated case, not both.<\/li>\n<li><strong>5 V 5 A power supply<\/strong> recommended; with 3 A, the USB ports are limited to 600 mA in total.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pi 4 accessories<\/strong> : Pi 4 cases and PoE HATs are not suitable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camera and display<\/strong> : 22-pin connectors, adapter ribbon cable for 15-pin modules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Recommended accessories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/product\/raspberry-pi-usb-c-27w-power-supply\/\">Official 27 W USB-C power supply<\/a> : 5 V 5 A and up to 1.6 A on the USB ports.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/product\/ventilateur-dissipateur-pour-raspberry-pi-5\/\">Official Active Cooler<\/a> : keeps the board at full clock speed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/product\/hat-m-2-pour-raspberry-pi-5\/\">Official M.2 HAT+<\/a> : an NVMe SSD to load models quickly.<\/li>\n<li>Raspberry Pi 5 Bumper: protects the underside of the board, compatible with the Active Cooler.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Uses and projects<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local AI<\/strong> : language models with Ollama, without sending your data to the cloud.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Self-hosted server<\/strong> : Nextcloud, Immich, databases and containers running in parallel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development<\/strong> : compiling, virtualized environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/presentation-du-raspberry-pi-5-avec-16-go-de-ram\/\">our overview of the Raspberry Pi 5 16 GB<\/a> and installing Ollama on Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<h3>Is the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB faster than the 8GB?<\/h3>\n<p>The processor is the same. The 16 GB is only faster when your applications exceed 8 GB of memory.<\/p>\n<h3>Can you run an AI model locally?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, compact language models run with Ollama; 16 GB lets you load larger models than 8 GB.<\/p>\n<h3>Which power supply should I choose?<\/h3>\n<p>The official 27 W USB-C power supply, which delivers 5 V 5 A.<\/p>\n<h3>Does the Raspberry Pi 5 come with a case?<\/h3>\n<p>No, it is a bare board. The official case, a bumper or a third-party case are sold separately.<\/p>\n<h3>Can it boot from an NVMe SSD?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, via an M.2 HAT with the boot order set in raspi-config.<\/p>\n<h3>What cooling do I need?<\/h3>\n<p>The official Active Cooler or the official ventilated case, both of which plug into the board's fan connector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Order your Raspberry Pi 5 16GB on monraspberry.com<\/strong> : official, tested product, stock based in France, shipping within 24\/48 h after receipt of payment, free pickup point delivery on orders from \u20ac200, returns possible within 14 days with return authorization, and payment by Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The most powerful Raspberry Pi, built for local AI and servers<\/li>\n<li>Cortex-A76 2.4 GHz, 16 GB LPDDR4X, PCIe 2.0, dual 4Kp60 display<\/li>\n<li>Ideal for Ollama, virtualization, self-hosting and demanding development<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":23434,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[393],"product_cat":[17],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-21","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-raspberry-pi","product_cat-carte-raspberry-pi-5","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","add-to-wishlist-after_add_to_cart"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monraspberry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}