Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

Introducing the new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, the latest member of the Pi family. Delivering up to 10x the processing performance of the original Raspberry Pi and added connectivity with 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.1.

The new board is not only great for learning to programme, gaming and hacks it’s now perfect for IoT projects too.


Specifications: -

ProcessorBroadcom BCM2387 chipset, 1.2GHz Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53.802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.1 (Bluetooth Classic and LE)
GPUDual Core VideoCore IV® Multimedia Co-Processor. Provides Open GL ES 2.0, hardware-accelerated OpenVG, and 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode. Capable of 1Gpixel/s, 1.5Gtexel/s or 24GFLOPs with texture filtering and DMA infrastructure
Memory1GB LPDDR2
Operating SystemBoots from Micro SD card, running a version of the Linux operating system or Windows 10 IoT
Dimensions85 x 56 x 17mm
PowerMicro USB socket 5V1, 2.5A
Below  video gives you a technical and physical comparison of the Raspberry Pi 3 model B and Raspberry Pi 2 model B. It highlights the similarities and differences of the development board, the processor, the new components that include integrated wireless and Bluetooth connectivity.



You can buy the new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B from the authorised resellers here.


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