Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi 2 Model B vs Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

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

	Raspberry PiRaspberry Pi 2 Model B	Raspberry PiRaspberry Pi 3 Model B
Overview
Released
Released	February 2015	February 2016
Performance
Processor
Processor	Broadcom BCM2836 (Arm Cortex-A7)	Broadcom BCM2837 (Arm Cortex-A53)
CPU cores
CPU cores	4	4
Clock
Clock	0.9 GHz	1.2 GHz (better)
Memory
Memory	1 GB	1 GB
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 1.2GHz; BCM2837 on revision 1.1 boards, BCM2837B0 on revision 1.2
GPU
GPU	VideoCore IV	VideoCore IV; VideoCore subsystem at 400MHz and 3D core at 300MHz
Memory
Memory	1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM	1GB
Storage
Storage	microSD card slot	microSD card slot
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	No	Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	No	Yes
Ethernet
Ethernet	Yes	Yes
USB ports
USB ports	4	4
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	4 × USB 2.0, 100Mb/s Ethernet, full-size HDMI, 3.5 mm 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 802.11n Wi-Fi (35Mb/s); Bluetooth 4.1, BLE
GPIO
GPIO	40-pin header	40-pin header
Camera and display connectors
Camera and display connectors	15-pin CSI camera port; 15-pin DSI display port	15-pin CSI camera port; 15-pin DSI display port
Design
Size
Size	85 × 56 mm	85 × 56 mm
Power
Power	5V via micro USB	5V via micro USB; a 2.5A supply is recommended for power-hungry USB devices
Size
Size	85 × 56 mm board	85 × 56 mm board