Raspberry Pi Increases Prices Amid Ongoing Memory Shortages

Raspberry Pi is set to increase prices once more for several of its single-board computers, following a previous hike two months ago. CEO Eben Upton shared that “the cost of some parts has more than doubled over the last quarter,” prompting the need for further adjustments. This will impact all Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 models, as well as Compute Module 4 and 5 products that feature 2GB or more of memory.

In December, prices for the Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 rose between $5 and $25, depending on RAM size, while the 16GB Compute Module 5 saw a $20 increase. The upcoming changes will add $10 to devices with 2GB of memory, $15 for 4GB models, $30 for 8GB variants, and $60 for those with 16GB of RAM.

Notably, the price adjustments will not affect the 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, the 1GB Raspberry Pi 4, or the Raspberry Pi 400 all-in-one PC. Additionally, older models like the Raspberry Pi 3 and Raspberry Pi Zero remain unaffected, as the company has “several years’ inventory of the LPDDR2 memory that they use.”

Looking ahead, Upton anticipates that “2026 looks likely to be another challenging year for memory pricing,” but he remains optimistic that “the current situation is ultimately a temporary one, and we look forward to unwinding these price increases once it abates.”