Raspberry pi or Raspberry pi 2?

[Solrix]

Getting a gift for a friend. Was thinking about getting him a raspberry pi but the pi 2 is out of stock. Is the first pi that much slower? Should i wait for the pi 2 to get back in stock?

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Yes, it is that much slower. You should absolutely order a RBPi2 now and wait.

[Mao_Zedong]

I think the pi 2 was around 4x as fast (not positive), so it is much better.

[pspfreak]

I think the pi 2 was around 4x as fast (not positive), so it is much better.

In theory it is 4x faster as it has a quad core proc vs a single core proc. Plus the rpi2 should be able to run windows 10 when it comes out.

[AMICLG]

Yes, it is that much slower. You should absolutely order a RBPi2 now and wait.

It's the same GPU in the Pi2 as the original Pi so if he's doing something GPU intensive like a HTPC then a Hardkernel Odroid-C1 would be superior (it's practically a Galaxy S4 in terms of specs).I'd still go for a C1 regardless do to it being the same price not to mention it can run Android 4.4 or Ubuntu ARM.

[Guest]

pi2

[Razhan]

As they said, this is a no brainier. No only the pi2 includes 4 cores, it's a new ARM instruction set and every core is faster than the original

 

Only if your friend plans to take a lot of pictures with a xenon flash is the Rpi original better