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Raspberry Pi 5

Quad-core Cortex-A76 @ 2.4 GHz, dual 4K display, PCIe 2.0 lane, RP1 southbridge. A massive jump over Pi 4 — but it draws more, so plan for the 27 W USB-C PSU.

In stock Pi Foundation 2 files · 1.2 MB

Specs

Spec Value
SoC Broadcom BCM2712
CPU 4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4 GHz
GPU VideoCore VII (800 MHz)
RAM 4 / 8 / 16 GB LPDDR4X-4267
Storage microSD + PCIe 2.0 ×1 (NVMe via HAT)
Display 2× micro-HDMI (4K60)
Camera 2× MIPI CSI/DSI 4-lane
USB 2× USB 3.0 + 2× USB 2.0
Network Gigabit Ethernet (PoE+ via HAT) + WiFi 5 dual-band + BT 5
GPIO 40-pin (same pinout as Pi 4)
PMIC DA9091
Power USB-C PD, 5V/5A (5V/3A fallback)

Power

The Pi 5 needs 5 V at up to 5 A under heavy load (USB devices + CPU max). The official 27 W USB-C PSU is recommended. A 5 V/3 A supply works but the firmware will throttle USB current to 600 mA.

40-pin GPIO

Identical pinout to Pi 4 / Pi 3:

3V3  ( 1) (2)  5V
SDA  ( 3) (4)  5V         ← I²C-1 default
SCL  ( 5) (6)  GND
GP4  ( 7) (8)  TXD        ← UART0
GND  ( 9) (10) RXD
GP17 (11) (12) GP18
GP27 (13) (14) GND
GP22 (15) (16) GP23
3V3  (17) (18) GP24
MOSI (19) (20) GND        ← SPI0
MISO (21) (22) GP25
SCLK (23) (24) CE0
GND  (25) (26) CE1
...

Full pinout: pinout.xyz or run pinout on the Pi.

Schematic

Open Pi 5 schematics (PDF)

Last updated: 2026-05-13 · Source on GitHub