Raspberry Pi flagship 500+ model now costs almost as much as a Mac Mini β firm Pi launches 3GB model to fight increasing DRAM prices Latest from Tom's Hardware By:editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) 2 April 2026 at 14:00 Raspberry Pi prices for various models have increased yet again, with the flagship 500+ 16GB model increasing by nearly 50% thanks to the DRAM shortage.