Raspberry Pi 5 dimensions, weight, specs and price

The Raspberry Pi 5 board measures approximately 85 mm x 56 mm, according to Raspberry Pi's own documentation, and its four mounting holes sit about 58 mm x 49 mm apart with a 2.7 mm hole diameter. Inside that credit-card footprint is a Broadcom BCM2712 quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 at 2.4GHz, LPDDR4X memory from 1GB to 16GB, dual 4Kp60 HDMI and a PCIe 2.0 x1 interface.

This page collects the physical size, mounting pattern, weight, full specifications and current pricing of the Raspberry Pi 5 in one place, so you can plan a case, a 3D-printed mount or a project enclosure before you buy.

Raspberry Pi 5 dimensions in mm

The Raspberry Pi 5 is approximately 85 mm long and 56 mm wide, the classic Raspberry Pi credit-card form factor that Raspberry Pi describes in its single-board computer documentation. That is roughly 3.35 x 2.2 inches.

The board's exact geometry is published in the official Raspberry Pi 5 mechanical drawing (PDF). Raspberry Pi notes on the drawing that all dimensions are approximate and for reference only, and says they should not be used for production data, so treat it as a starting point and confirm critical clearances against a physical board.

Height is not a single figure: the tallest parts are the USB and Ethernet port stacks, and anything you add on top (the Active Cooler, a HAT or a case lid) changes the total. Measure from the drawing or the board itself when vertical clearance matters.

Raspberry Pi 5 mounting holes and case fit

The Raspberry Pi 5 has four mounting holes in a rectangle about 58 mm x 49 mm, centre to centre, with a 2.7 mm diameter. Raspberry Pi 5 HATs, standoff kits and cases are built around this pattern, so take it from the drawing when you design anything that bolts to the board.

Matching the hole pattern is not the same as matching a case, though. Before you buy or print an enclosure, check these points:

• The case is sold for the Raspberry Pi 5 specifically, not just "Raspberry Pi", because port cut-outs must line up with the board.
• There is room for cooling: the Active Cooler or a heatsink, plus airflow.
• The power button on the board is reachable, or the case has its own button.
• There is access to the PCIe connector if you plan to add an M.2 HAT and an NVMe SSD.
• The two MIPI camera/display connectors can be reached for ribbon cables.

If you design your own mount, take the hole positions and board edges from the mechanical drawing rather than from photos, and leave a little tolerance for the approximate figures.

How much does the Raspberry Pi 5 weigh?

Raspberry Pi does not publish an official weight for the Raspberry Pi 5. Neither the product page nor the mechanical drawing lists one, so figures you see quoted online come from retailers or individual measurements, not from the manufacturer.

The weight that matters for a project is usually the complete assembly rather than the bare board. A drone, robot or wall mount carries the board plus whatever is attached, so weigh the setup you actually plan to use:

• The bare board, which is the same across RAM variants apart from the memory chip.
• The Active Cooler or a passive heatsink.
• A case, which can easily weigh more than the board itself.
• HATs, an M.2 SSD, a camera module and cables.

A kitchen or postal scale with 1 gram resolution is enough to get a useful number for the full build. If you need the board weight for a weight-critical design, measure your own unit, because components and manufacturing batches can differ slightly.

Raspberry Pi 5 specs

The Raspberry Pi 5 is built on the Broadcom BCM2712, a 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 processor with cryptography extensions. The full specifications from the official Raspberry Pi 5 product page are:

Raspberry Pi states that the Raspberry Pi 5 will remain in production until at least January 2036, which matters if you are building a product or a long-lived installation around it.

What is new compared with the Raspberry Pi 4

The Raspberry Pi 5 is the first Raspberry Pi computer built with silicon designed in-house: the RP1 southbridge, designed by Raspberry Pi, handles most of the board's input and output. At launch, Raspberry Pi said the new Cortex-A76 processor delivers two to three times the CPU performance of the Raspberry Pi 4.

The practical upgrades for most projects are:

• A PCIe 2.0 x1 interface, which makes NVMe SSD storage possible through an M.2 HAT.
• Faster microSD performance through the SDR104 high-speed mode.
• Two MIPI connectors that each take a camera or a display.
• VideoCore VII graphics with Vulkan 1.3 support.
• A built-in power button and a real-time clock.
• A 5V/5A power input, which is why the 27W supply is recommended for powering demanding USB devices.

The extra performance also brings more heat. Raspberry Pi sells an Active Cooler for the board, and a cooler or heatsink is worth budgeting for if the board will run sustained workloads such as compiling, emulation or a home server.

Raspberry Pi 5 price

The Raspberry Pi 5 launched in September 2023 at $60 for the 4GB model and $80 for the 8GB model, but prices have risen several times since late 2025 because of rising memory costs. The cheapest variant is the 1GB model, which Raspberry Pi launched at $45 in December 2025.

Raspberry Pi has announced the increases on its own blog:

• On 2 February 2026, Raspberry Pi raised prices again by $10 for 2GB, $15 for 4GB, $30 for 8GB and $60 for 16GB models. The 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 was not affected.
• On 2 November 2026, it raised the 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 by a further $80, to $385.

Because prices are moving, check the current list price for the 2GB, 4GB and 8GB models on the Raspberry Pi 5 product page, which links to Approved Resellers in your country. Reseller prices include local taxes and can differ from the US dollar list price.

For most desktop, media and home-server projects, the 4GB or 8GB model is the sensible middle ground. The 1GB and 2GB models suit single-purpose tasks such as sensors, kiosks or retro gaming with an emulator like DuckStation, while 16GB is only worth its price for memory-heavy workloads.

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