Raspberry Pi 5 Unboxing & Overview

This an unboxing of the newest Raspberry Pi 5. It is also a thorough overview of the Pi 5's circuit board, it's components and features. Shown in the video is a Raspberry Pi 5 8GB model.

What's Special With the New Raspberry Pi 5?

The Raspberry Pi 5 introduces several exciting advancements and features. Here's a brief introduction to what it offers:

• Enhanced Performance: The device features the Broadcom BCM2712 quad-core Arm Cortex A76 processor, clocked at 2.4GHz. This makes it up to three times faster than its predecessor. It also offers RAM variants up to 8GB, ensuring a fast and smooth experience.
     
• In-House Silicon: For the first time, the Raspberry Pi 5 uses silicon built in-house at Raspberry Pi, named RP1. This chip significantly enhances the I/O capabilities and peripheral performance of the Raspberry Pi 5. It more than doubles the aggregate USB bandwidth, allowing for faster transfer speeds to external drives and other high-speed peripherals.
     
• Energy Efficiency: The Raspberry Pi 5 is designed to be energy-efficient. At standby, it consumes only 1.3 Watts, which is about half the power of an idle Raspberry Pi 4.
     
• Manufacturing Innovations: The Raspberry Pi 5 incorporates new manufacturing techniques, such as intrusive reflow for connectors. This improves the mechanical quality of the product, increases throughput, and eliminates the need for costly and energy-intensive selective or wave-solder processes in production.

The Raspberry Pi 5 continues the tradition of innovation and performance enhancement, making it a significant upgrade over previous models.

Specifications of the Raspberry Pi 5

Processor:
Broadcom BCM2712 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, with cryptography extensions, 512KB per-core L2 caches and a 2MB shared L3 cache

Graphics:
VideoCore VII GPU, supporting OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2

Video Output:
Dual 4Kp60 HDMI® display output with HDR support
4Kp60 HEVC decoder

RAM:
LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM (4GB and 8GB SKUs available at launch)

Wi-Fi:
Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi®

Bluetooth:
Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Storage:
microSD card slot, with support for high-speed SDR104 mode

Connectivity:
2 × USB 3.0 ports, supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation
2 × USB 2.0 ports

Network:
Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires separate PoE+ HAT)

Display/Camera Interfaces:
2 × 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers

External Graphics Card Support:
PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for fast peripherals (requires separate M.2 HAT or other adapter)

Power Supply:
5V/5A DC power via USB-C, with Power Delivery support

GPIO:
Raspberry Pi standard 40-pin header

CMOS Battery:
Real-time clock (RTC), powered from external battery

Switch:
Power button

Raspberry Pi 5 Unboxing Video