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There\u2019s a new Raspberry Pi 5 in town: a 2GB variant that knocks the price of the microcomputer down to $50. The lower RAM doesn\u2019t necessarily mean it comes with fewer capabilities, just that it won\u2019t be up to some RAM-intensive tasks. Raspberry Pi Foundation CEO Eben Upton says<\/a> the device is \u201cfunctionally identical to its predecessor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When the Raspberry Pi 5 was released last year<\/a>, it only came in a 4GB variant for $60 and an 8GB version for $80, making them both $5 more expensive than the corresponding models of the Raspberry Pi 4. While the 2GB version might not be ideal for doing things like running AI applications<\/a> or using it as a full-blown media center, Upton says many customers will likely find that it \u201cworks perfectly well\u201d for less demanding use cases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Raspberry Pi 5 is the Raspberry Pi Foundation\u2019s most powerful, featuring its in-house RP1 I\/O controller<\/a>, along with a quad-core Arm Cortex-A76\u00a0processor running at 2.4GHz. To create the 2GB model, the Raspberry Pi Foundation built a cost-optimized version of its processor that eliminates any functionality it doesn\u2019t need. The result is a cheaper chip with the same features, including a PCI Express 2.0 interface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You can purchase the cheaper Raspberry Pi 5 option from authorized resellers, such as CanaKit<\/a> and PiShop.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n