AI hardware prices — 2026-09-28
Daily AI hardware price/supply snapshot with illustrative landed costs (sales tax ~10%).
Daily digest — 2026-09-28 PT
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Report 2026-09-28 PT
Illustrative landed (sales tax ~10%)
No invented prices
Highlights
- See charts below for illustrative landed costs (sales tax ~10%) and ~1-month trends (DGX Spark, Strix Halo, Mac Studio, RTX 5090, RTX 5090 AI Box / eGPU kits).
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Price table
Illustrative landed costs (sales tax ~10%). Product · Retailer · Landed · Stock · Link — scroll horizontally if needed. Stock shows qty when a retailer exposes it (e.g. in stock (3)); otherwise status only.
Deal watch (observational): AI Box $4,899.99 (Micro Center, oos) vs same-day Micro Center discrete 5090 street $4,499.99 (delta $400.00). Complete TB5 kit vs card-only; not a buy recommendation. Illustrative landed ~$5,389.99 (sales tax ~10%).
| Product | Retailer | Landed | Stock | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Studio M5 Max (base) | B&H | $2,693.90 | in stock | Open |
| Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Framework | $3,463.90 | OOS | Open |
| GMKtec EVO-X2 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | GMKtec official | $3,849.99 | in stock | Open |
| Minisforum MS-S1 Max (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Minisforum | $4,178.90 | in stock | Open |
| Beelink GTR9 Pro (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Beelink official | $4,783.90 | in stock | Open |
| GeForce RTX 5090 32GB | Micro Center | $4,949.99 | OOS | Open |
| Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX 32GB | Micro Center | $5,389.99 | OOS | Open |
| NVIDIA DGX Spark (Founders / NVIDIA-branded) | B&H | $5,828.90 | OOS | Open |
| PNY NVIDIA DGX Spark | B&H | $5,828.90 | OOS | Open |
| Gigabyte AI TOP ATOM (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | $5,829.99 | OOS | Open |
| Mac Studio M5 Max 128GB | B&H | $5,938.90 | preorder | Open |
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra 96GB | B&H | $6,048.90 | preorder | Open |
| Lenovo ThinkStation PGX (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | $6,433.90 | limited | Open |
| ASUS Ascent GX10 (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | $6,598.90 | OOS | Open |
| Dell Pro Max FCM1253 (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | $6,915.24 | in stock | Open |
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB | B&H | $10,448.90 | preorder | Open |
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB 80-GPU | B&H | $11,878.90 | preorder | Open |
Inventory snapshot
Inventory snapshot (best observed retail/MSRP row per product): 5 in stock, 1 limited, 4 preorder, 7 OOS. Numeric qty captured on 2 row(s).
- GeForce RTX 5090 32GB @ Micro Center: limited (2)
- GeForce RTX 5090 32GB @ Micro Center: OOS
- GeForce RTX 5090 32GB @ Micro Center: OOS
- Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX 32GB @ Micro Center: OOS
Key charts
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