Late last month, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced an update to its platform. With pricing starting at the same $35 for the 1GB LPDDR4 RAM model, you now get a board with much better performance as well as new capabilities. For starters, the 1.5GHz quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 CPU offers almost three times more performance. Other highlights include the addition of Gigabit Ethernet support, two USB 3.0 ports, dual-monitor support, 4Kp60 hardware decoding support, and USB Type-C for the power connector.
The new board is backwards-compatible and if you need more RAM you can get a 2GB or 4GB variant for $45 and $55, respectively.
Features:
A 1.5GHz quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 CPU (~3× performance) 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB of LPDDR4 SDRAM Full-throughput Gigabit Ethernet Dual-band 802.11ac wireless networking Bluetooth 5.0 Two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports Dual monitor support, at resolutions up to 4K VideoCore VI graphics, supporting OpenGL ES 3.x 4Kp60 hardware decode of HEVC video Complete compatibility with earlier Raspberry Pi products