Raspberry Pi 4 launches with faster CPU, GPU, dual 4K monitor support, up to 4GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11ac, USB 3.0, Bluetooth 5.0, with 1GB model for $35
all for $35! Paul Lilly / PC Gamer : Raspberry Pi 4 wields a faster CPU and can drive two 4K displays, costs $35 Matthew Hughes / The Next Web : Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton on building a computer for industrial users Jim Salter / Ars Technica : The Raspberry Pi 4 launch site runs on a Pi 4 cluster Lee Mathews / Geek.com : Raspberry Pi 4 Is the Most Powerful Yet and It's Still Just $35 Christopher Baugh / iPhone in Canada Blog : Raspberry Pi 4 Unveiled with Bigger CPU, Dual 4K Monitor Support, Up to 4GB of RAM Dave W. Shanahan / OnMSFT.com : Raspberry Pi 4 released with upgraded specs, starts at $35 Eli Blumenthal / CNET : Raspberry Pi 4 boosts performance, keeps $35 starting price Joe Rice-Jones / KnowTechie : The Raspberry Pi 4 is a huge upgrade over the prior model Ian Paul / PCWorld : The Raspberry Pi 4 arrives with more power and dual-4K display support for the same low price Trevor Daugherty / 9to5Toys : Raspberry Pi 4 hits the scene with 4K support, ample I/O, still $35 Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet : Could a Raspberry Pi be your next desktop PC? Aaron Pressman / Fortune : Why Microsoft's Ban of Rival Slack May Be a Mistake—Data Sheet Nick Heath / TechRepublic : Raspberry Pi 4: This thing is a PC, says board's creator Eben Upton JC Torres / SlashGear : Raspberry Pi 4 launches with more modern capabilities and features Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott : Raspberry Pi 4 Launches With More Power and Options Than Ever Before Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Raspberry Pi 4 Launched with 4K Support, Up to 4GB RAM Hadlee Simons / Android Authority : Raspberry Pi 4 revealed: It's a massive upgrade for the same price Chris Merriman / Inquirer : Raspberry Pi 4 arrives with enough under the hood to be a fully-fledged desktop Richard Speed / The Register : Go fourth and multi-Pi: Raspberry Pi 4 lands today with quad 1.5GHz Arm Cortex-A72 CPU cores, up to 4GB RAM... Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing : Raspberry Pi 4 — The fourth incarnation of the wonderful Raspberry Pi is upon us. Wayne Williams / BetaNews : Raspberry Pi 4 is a complete desktop computer for just $35 Liam Tung / ZDNet : Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is out: Faster CPU, GPU, dual-screen 4K, up to 4GB for $55 Tweets: Raspberry Pi / @raspberry_pi : Raspberry Pi 4 is here! A tiny, dual-display desktop computer, with three RAM variants to choose from, and all the hackability you know and love. On sale now from the familiar price of $35: https://www.raspberrypi.org/ ... #RaspberryPi4 pic.twitter.com/4fll4gx1Ax Justin Ðrake / @drakefjustin : I expect the new Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB RAM option, external SSD) to handle an Eth2 validator node without breaking a sweat. That's $100 of hardware running at 10 Watts to support a 32 ETH node (currently ~$10K stake). Ethan Lee / @flibitijibibo : OpenGL ES 3.0 compliance (via Mesa!) means FNA finally runs on RPi without hacks, should dramatically reduce the number of steps needed to hackport games. https://twitter.com/... Philip Colligan / @philipcolligan : It's here. Rapsberry Pi 4 available today from our #cambridge high street store and online all over the world. Lots of fun for $35. https://twitter.com/... Sandy Macdonald / @sandyjmacdonald : Powering a new @Raspberry_Pi 4 with Fan SHIM from my lil' ole MacBook's USB-C port :-D pic.twitter.com/jsxHWhKqYx Gareth Halfacree / @ghalfacree : If you're wondering how far you can push the #RaspberryPi4, have a look at this piece I wrote for @tomshardware - I pushed one to 1.75GHz CPU and 600MHz GPU. Any further on the CPU side and you actively hamper the performance, at least for now. https://www.tomshardware.com/ ... Phil / @immunda : Even Hacker News are being nice about Raspberry Pi 4 😅 pic.twitter.com/5pVEBwsalf @pimoroni : NEW RASPBERRY PI ALERT! 🎉 The all-new @Raspberry_Pi 4 has up to 4GB RAM, 4K video, dual display support, gigabit ethernet, USB 3.0, and it's got 2x the performance of the previous Pi. #pi4 Grab one here: https://shop.pimoroni.com/... pic.twitter.com/In18DYIUx1 Eric Neustadter / @thevowel : This is a fantastic upgrade that I can't wait to get my hands on. If you order one, be aware that some software (like Raspbian) hasn't been upgraded to support it yet, but I'm sure it won't be long. https://twitter.com/... Ben Nuttall / @ben_nuttall : Seriously look at this. True Gigabit Ethernet speed on Raspberry Pi 4. Raspberry Pi 3B: 94MB/s Raspberry Pi 3B+: 285MB/s Raspberry Pi 4B: 930MB/s pic.twitter.com/WWWIFcDpoV
Context & Ripple Effects
The Pi 4 is the fourth rung in a ladder the foundation has climbed on schedule: the Raspberry Pi 2's 6x speed jump in 2015 and the Pi 3 Model B+'s gigabit-class networking in 2018 each held the $35 line while upgrading one bottleneck at a time. The Pi 4 attacks the remaining ones — CPU, GPU, USB, and memory up to 4GB — while adding dual 4K output.
The related coverage frames who this is actually for now: founder Eben Upton talks about building a computer for industrial users, and the launch site itself runs on a Pi 4 cluster. The hobby board has become a deployment target.
First-order effects
- Buyers at the $35 tier get genuine desktop I/O for the first time — dual 4K displays, USB 3.0, and Gigabit Ethernet that no longer rides over USB 2.0 as it did on the Pi 3 B+.
Second-order effects
- Rivals in the single-board market face a moving target: Raspberry Pi keeps resetting the spec-per-dollar baseline, forcing competitors to differentiate on features the foundation hasn't matched or concede the volume tier.
Third-order effects
- If the pattern holds, the $35 anchor eventually gives way to tiered pricing — which is what later coverage shows, with the Raspberry Pi 5 launching at $60 and further variants layered above it — as the platform consolidates around industrial deployments rather than education alone.
The trend: Single-board computing is migrating from a fixed $35 educational toy toward tiered, industrial-oriented platforms where price rises with capability.