The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is the thirdgeneration Raspberry Pi with a 64-bit 1.2GHz quad-core processor,1GB of RAM, WiFi (b/g/n), and Bluetooth 4.1! This package includes a 16GB microSD card and adapter, with the NOOBs installation.

Note: The Raspberry Pi model 3B+ is the latest model, and is now available here.

See the official guide for setting up your Raspberry Pi computer.

You can get the sleek low-profile Pibow Coupe and Rainbow cases for this model at a discounted prices here and here, respectively.

This Raspberry Pi retains the same overall form factor as previous models ensuring compatibility with existing add-on boards (HATs) however some minor changes to the layout and more powerful processor meanyou’ll need to use the latest Pibow case.

• 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU (BCM2837)
• 1GB RAM (LPDDR2 SDRAM)
• On-board Wireless LAN- 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n(BCM43438)
• On-board Bluetooth 4.1 + HS Low-energy (BLE) (BCM43438)
• 4 x USB 2.0 ports
• 10/100 Ethernet
• 40 GPIO pins
• Full size HDMI 1.3a port
• Combined 3.5mmanalog audio and composite video jack
• Camera interface (CSI)
• Display interface (DSI)
• microSD slot
• VideoCore IV multimedia/3D graphics core @ 400MHz/300MHz

With the ARMv8 processor it can run the full range of ARM GNU/Linux distributions, including Snappy Ubuntu Core, as well as Microsoft Windows 10 IoT edition.

Performance

Compared with the Raspberry Pi 2 the CPU is running at a 33% faster clock rate (1.2GHz vs 0.9GHz) the more modern core also means a more efficient instruction set, especially when performing operations on 64-bit values.

Video and 3D performance has also seen a bump with the VideoCorebeing clocked at 400MHz for video processing (up from 250MHz) and the 3D graphics processorrunning at 300MHz (up from 250MHz).

In general use you can expect the Raspberry Pi 3 to perform around 50% quicker than the Raspberry Pi 2 running the same software. In the future as software addsoptimisations for the architecturethe gap will widen further.

Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, and oh my!

The biggest change is the inclusion of integrat