SBC Price Watch: 4th October 2026
SBC prices over the last 7 days: 1 drop and 2 rises of 10% or more across tracked boards.
Raspberry Pi increasing the price of the 2GB RAM variants of both the Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 seems as good a time as any to publish the 1st "SBC Price Watch" I guess.. So what did the week in which we transitioned from September to October (really? already?) have in store for us...
Biggest Drops#
| Board | Was | Now | Change | Store |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArmSoM CM5 8GB | $229 | $199 | -13.1% | armsom.org |
| Orange Pi Zero LTS 512MB | $50.11 | $46.15 | -7.9% | aliexpress.com |
Surprisingly, we see a $30 drop on the 8GB ArmSoM CM5. At $199 it's still a bit steep, but for a Rockchip RK3576 with 8GB RAM and eMMC, it's not a terrible shout if you need more power from your compute module!
An 8% drop on the Orange Pi Zero LTS sneaks in towards the end of the week too on the official AliExpress store. It's an Allwinner H3 board with 512MB of RAM, so it's the greatest of value, but a price drop's a price drop.
Biggest Rises#
| Board | Was | Now | Change | Store |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi 4 2GB | $58.36 | $71.41 | +22.7% | thepihut.com |
| Raspberry Pi 5 2GB | $68.97 | $81.99 | +19.2% | thepihut.com |
Then we come to the Raspberry Pi duo that face ~20% increases. Sadly, it's one of many that have hit the production of these boards over the last year or so, and they'll get more flak for it as they're one of the big players with more publicity surrounding them. That said, it's a tough market right now and they can't absorb increases forever. Luckily for you, if you're not vibing with the prices, you can sort by price on the Browse page and find an alternative that may be in your price/performance range. Isn't that nice?
The Biggest Mover: Raspberry Pi 4#
Price History
£54.00 at The Pi Hut, up from £44.00 on 1 October 2026. Shown as $71.75: we convert at the daily exchange rate and only update the dollar price when the rate moves noticeably. Checked daily since 12 September 2026 (24 days). Low $59.44, high $71.75 in this window.
- Official store · The Pi Hut£54.00 ($71.75) Out of stock
Recent price changes
- 1 October 2026Official store · The Pi Hut: £44.00 → £54.00 ($59.44 → $71.75), price rise
- 22 September 2026Official store · The Pi Hut: out of stock
As we've been monitoring pricing now for a little while, let's throw in a cheeky graph of the Raspberry Pi 4's price history. The increase on the 1st October was a steep one, and personally, for "just" $10 more, the Pi 5 would be what I picked up every day of the week, assuming power/heat wasn't an issue.
Best Value After the Changes#
Not much changes on the best value front when we look at the Geekbench 6 multi-core per $USD ranking. This will constantly evolve as pricing updates, and in some cases boards will be out of date due to them being out of stock and no updated pricing being available should stock become available again.
| # | Board | Geekbench 6 multi-core | Price | Per $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange Pi 5B 4GB | 3,056 | $75 | 40.7 |
| 2 | Orange Pi Zero 3W 4GB | 1,727 | $50 | 34.5 |
| 3 | Radxa X4 8GB | 2,981 | $99.99 | 29.8 |
| 4 | Radxa Dragon Q6A 6GB | 3,215 | $119 | 27.0 |
| 5 | Radxa NX5 8GB | 3,090 | $119 | 26.0 |
Prices are tracked daily from each board's stores, compared in the store's own currency and shown in USD before tax and shipping. Amazon is not tracked.
Keeping Up With the Price Trackians#
If you want to keep up to date with the ups and downs, the SBC price tracking page will do the job. I'm still waiting on some API approvals on AliExpress' side to be able to track even more of the board's pricing, but we have a good collection so far, and it grows constantly. Would anyone be interested in receiving alerts/notifications for these? It's on my to-do list..
SBC benchmarking specialist with 5+ years of dedicated testing experience. Tested over 100 single board computers to provide accurate, real-world performance data.
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