Raspberry Pi is passing the memory pain along, saying that prices for LPDDR4 DRAM for Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 have jumped sevenfold in the last year.
Raspberry Pi, chief executive Eben Upton wrote: “Providing low-cost general-purpose computing remains a non-negotiable priority for us at Raspberry Pi, so while we can’t avoid passing on a portion of these increased costs, we’re doing engineering work to expand the range of memory-density options available to our customers: we want to make sure you don’t pay for more memory than you need.”
From 1 April 2026, the firm is hiking prices across a chunk of the range and wheeling out a new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 at $83.75. Upton insists the date is not a gag and says you can order it now from Raspberry Pi Approved Resellers worldwide.
The increases land on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 models with 4GB or more, plus Raspberry Pi 500 and 500+. They hit every Compute Module 4, Compute Module 4S and Compute Module 5 variant, the Compute Module 5 Development Kit and the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2.
Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 with 4GB are up $25, while 8GB versions climb $50. Raspberry Pi 5 at 16GB cops a $100 jump.
Raspberry Pi 500, both the unit and kit, rises $50, while Raspberry Pi 500+ takes a brutal $150 bump, whether you buy the unit or the kit. Compute Module 4 and 4S at 1GB rise $11.25, with 2GB models up $12.50.
Compute Module 4, 4S, and 5 at 4GB go up by $25, and 8GB goes up by $50. Compute Module 5 at 16GB rises by $100, with the Development Kit for Compute Module 5 up by $25 and the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 up by $50.
There are a few less grim corners. Raspberry Pi says it has held Raspberry Pi 400 with 4GB at $60, and the 1GB and 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 models sit between $35 and $65.
Upton reckons the “classic” boards dodge any price rise, including the Raspberry Pi Zero, Zero W, and Zero 2 W, as well as the Raspberry Pi 1, 3, 3B+, and 3A+. Compute Module 1 and 3+ stay put, too, because they use older LPDDR2 DRAM, and the company claims it has plenty of stock.
Raspberry Pi says those old boards are still being made, still get software updates and are still in use worldwide.
Upton said: “We’ve said a number of times now that memory prices won’t remain at their current very high level indefinitely; the circumstances in which we find ourselves are challenging, but in the future they will abate. When they do, we will reverse our price increases, and until they do, we will continue to work hard to limit their impact in every way we can.”
