Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi 2 Model B vs Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+

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Raspberry Pi 2 Model B compared with Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+

	Raspberry PiRaspberry Pi 2 Model B	Raspberry PiRaspberry Pi 3 Model A+
Overview
Released
Released	February 2015	November 2018
Performance
Processor
Processor	Broadcom BCM2836 (Arm Cortex-A7)	Broadcom BCM2837B0 (Arm Cortex-A53)
CPU cores
CPU cores	4	4
Clock
Clock	0.9 GHz	1.4 GHz (better)
Memory
Memory	1 GB (better)	512 MB
CPU
CPU	Quad-core Arm Cortex-A7 at 900MHz on BCM2836 (revision 1.1); revision 1.2 uses BCM2837 and revision 1.3 BCM2837B0	Quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 at 1.4GHz
GPU
GPU	VideoCore IV	VideoCore IV; OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0; H.264 and MPEG-4 decode (1080p30), H.264 encode (1080p30)
Memory
Memory	1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM	512MB LPDDR2 SDRAM
Storage
Storage	microSD card slot	microSD card slot; improved USB mass-storage booting
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	No	Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	No	Yes
Ethernet
Ethernet	Yes	No
USB ports
USB ports	4 (better)	1
Display outputs
Display outputs	1	1
GPIO pins
GPIO pins	40	40
PCIe
PCIe	No	No
Ports
Ports	4 × USB 2.0, 100Mb/s Ethernet, full-size HDMI, 3.5 mm audio and composite video jack, micro USB power	1 × USB 2.0, full-size HDMI, 4-pole stereo audio and composite video jack, micro USB power
Displays
Displays	1 × full-size HDMI	1 × full-size HDMI
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth	–	2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi; Bluetooth 4.2, BLE; modular compliance certification
GPIO
GPIO	40-pin header	Extended 40-pin header
Camera and display connectors
Camera and display connectors	15-pin CSI camera port; 15-pin DSI display port	MIPI CSI camera port; MIPI DSI display port
Design
Size
Size	85 × 56 mm	65 × 56 mm
Power
Power	5V via micro USB	5V/2.5A DC via micro USB or the GPIO header
Size
Size	85 × 56 mm board	65 × 56 mm board
Operating temperature
Operating temperature	–	0°C to 50°C