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Raspberry Pi & Pico

Every common Raspberry Pi — the full-size boards, the keyboard PCs, the Zero, the Compute Modules — and the Pico microcontroller boards with their RP2040 and RP2350 chips. Say what your project needs and see which boards can do it, or browse them all.

Help me choose All models Names & comparisons

Raspberry PiRaspberry PiZero

A small Linux computer. It boots an OS from a microSD card, runs Python with any library, a desktop, a web server or Docker, and has USB, HDMI and networking like a PC. Pick it when the project needs a screen, a network service, a camera or lots of software.

PicoPicoChip

A microcontroller. No OS: it runs one MicroPython or C program the moment it gets power, with exact timing, and draws a few milliamps. Pick it for sensors, buttons, LEDs, motors and anything on a battery — it can be switched off at any moment without harm.

When do you need a Pi instead of a Pico? →

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What kind of computer

What you plug in or connect to

Screens and cameras

Size, power and electronics

Budget (cheapest version, October 2026)

Include older boards (Pi 1, 2, 3 B)Include bare chips, for your own circuit board

Every board, cheapest first

Pico2021
from $4
2× Cortex-M0+, 133 MHz · 264 KB SRAM
Program it in MicroPython, CircuitPython, C/C++ (Pico SDK) or Arduino — drag a file onto it to flash it
Pico2024
from $5
2× Cortex-M33 or 2× Hazard3 RISC-V (pick at boot), 150 MHz · 520 KB SRAM
Same size and pinout as the Pico, with twice the memory and flash and a faster CPU with a floating-point unit
Zero2015
from $5
1× ARM11, 1 GHz · 512 MB
The $5 computer — given away on the cover of The MagPi magazine
Pico2022
from $6
2× Cortex-M0+, 133 MHz · 264 KB SRAM
The Pico with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, same pinout
Pico2024
from $7
2× Cortex-M33 or 2× Hazard3 RISC-V, 150 MHz · 520 KB SRAM
The Pico 2 with the Pico W's wireless chip — the default Pico to buy now
Zero2017
from $10
1× ARM11, 1 GHz · 512 MB
The Zero with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Zero2021
from $15
4× Cortex-A53 (64-bit), 1 GHz · 512 MB LPDDR2
A Pi 3 squeezed into the Zero board — the smallest, cheapest Pi that is pleasant to use
Raspberry Pi2018
from $25
4× Cortex-A53, 1.4 GHz · 512 MB
The 3 B+ cut down to one USB port and no Ethernet, in the shorter A+ board
Raspberry Pi2019
from $35
4× Cortex-A72, 1.5 GHz at launch, 1.8 GHz on later boards · 1, 2, 3, 4 or 8 GB LPDDR4
The first Pi that is a usable desktop computer, with up to 8 GB
Raspberry Pi2018
from $35
4× Cortex-A53, 1.4 GHz · 1 GB
Dual-band Wi-Fi and a metal heat spreader on the chip
Compute Module2020
from $41.25
$25 at launch
4× Cortex-A72, 1.5 GHz · 1, 2, 4 or 8 GB LPDDR4
A Pi 4 on a small module for products: industrial panels, routers, NAS boxes
Raspberry Pi2023
from $45
$60 at launch
4× Cortex-A76, 2.4 GHz · 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 GB LPDDR4X
Two to three times the speed of the Pi 4 — a real desktop for the browser and office work
Keyboard PC2020
from $60
$70 at launch
4× Cortex-A72, 1.8 GHz · 4 GB LPDDR4
A Pi 4 inside a compact keyboard — the home computer of the 1980s again
Compute Module2024
from $67.50
$45 at launch
4× Cortex-A76, 2.4 GHz · 2, 4, 8 or 16 GB LPDDR4X
A Pi 5 on a module with the CM4's footprint, so most CM4 carrier boards take it
Keyboard PC2024
from $180
$90 at launch
4× Cortex-A76, 2.4 GHz · 8 GB LPDDR4X
A Pi 5 with 8 GB inside the 400's keyboard
Keyboard PC2025
from $410
$200 at launch
4× Cortex-A76, 2.4 GHz · 16 GB LPDDR4X
Mechanical low-profile keyboard with swappable switches and per-key RGB lighting

All prices are in US dollars (USD): Raspberry Pi's US list prices as of October 2026, before tax and shipping. Prices in other countries and at resellers differ.

Instructions

Pick a Raspberry Pi, a Pico or an RP chip from what your project has to do, or look up any model's specs.

On Help me choose, start from a project such as Wireless keyboard → text on a small LCD, or tick what the board has to do: run Linux, take USB devices, drive a small LCD, run on a battery, and so on.
Boards that do all of it out of the box come first; boards that need an adapter or an extra board follow, each with what to add. A project also shows How to build it.
Click a board's name to open its row on All models, where you can search every spec, filter by family and sort by year or price.
Names & comparisons explains what A, B, +, W, H, Zero and the numbers mean, and puts look-alike boards side by side: Zero vs Zero W vs Zero 2 W, Model A vs B vs B+, Pi 4 vs Pi 5, and the four Picos.

Tips

Pi or Pico? A Pi is a small Linux computer; a Pico is a microcontroller that runs one program, starts instantly and sips power. Plenty of projects use both.
USB devices means the board is a USB host. Full-size Pis have USB-A ports; the Zero and the Pico need a micro-USB OTG adapter, and the Pico also needs host code.
Prices are the US list price of each board's cheapest version in October 2026; All models also shows the launch price. Memory costs have pushed the 2 GB-and-up boards far above their launch prices since late 2025, so check a reseller before you buy.
Older boards (Pi 1, 2 and 3 B) are hidden from the chooser unless you include them, and bare chips only appear when you include them too.
Your choices, search, filter and sort are kept in local storage on this device only — nothing about this page is sent anywhere.
Hit Example and click Help me choose (or the keyboard project card) for the keyboard-to-LCD project, or All models or the search box for a sample search.