> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://krumpin.jbhobby.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # AI Hardware Price Dashboard - URL: https://krumpin.jbhobby.com/ai-hardware-prices-dashboard/ - Published: 2026-09-23T03:31:03.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-16T12:31:10.000Z - Description: Illustrative landed-cost dashboard (sales tax ~10%): specs, tables, and ~1-month price trends. - Author: Zug Zug - Tags: ai-hardware-prices AI Hardware Price Tracker Specs, capabilities & 1-month trends · No invented prices Report 2026-10-16 PT Illustrative landed cost (sales tax \~10%) Single-file build — charts inlined as base64. [Summary](#summary) [Capabilities](#capabilities) [Prices](#prices) [Inventory](#inventory) [Trends](#trends) [History](#history) [Buy guidance](#guidance) ## Summary cards Best observed landed rows (sales tax \~10%) for Strix / Spark / Mac Ultra from today's price table; 5090 street from history anchors (MSRP is not street). Best Strix Halo landed $3,463.90 Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) Framework · list $3,149.00 in stock Lowest landed Strix row in today's table Best Spark landed $5,829.99 Gigabyte AI TOP ATOM (DGX Spark platform) B&H · list $5,299.99 OOS FE/OEM with ConnectX-7 — illustrative landed (sales tax \~10%) Best Mac Ultra 256GB landed $10,448.90 Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB B&H · list $9,499.00 preorder Single-box 256GB capacity class (prefer 256 over 96) 5090 MSRP landed (OOS) $8,849.49 GeForce RTX 5090 32GB Best Buy · list $8,044.99 OOS MSRP fiction on street — see history ## Capabilities & clustering Honest clustering story: only DGX Spark / GB10 OEMs ship official ConnectX-7 fabric. Strix is single-node (Ethernet demos only). Mac Ultra scales via TB5+MLX. 5090 has no NVLink / no VRAM pool. ### Family matrix | Family | Memory model | Typical power | Clustering | Software stack | Stand-out differentiator | | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **DGX Spark / GB10 OEMs** | 128GB coherent LPDDR5x unified (\~273 GB/s) | \~240W adapter; SoC \~140W | **YES — ConnectX-7** (2× QSFP ≤200 Gb/s): up to 3 direct / 4 via switch (NVIDIA Sync) | DGX OS, CUDA, NIM / AI Enterprise | Only class here with **official multi-node fabric** for capacity beyond one 128GB box | | **Strix Halo mini PCs** | Up to 128GB LPDDR5x-8000 (\~256 GB/s); \~96GB GPU-addressable on Linux | \~120–140W class (MS-S1 Max 320W PSU) | **No / limited** — no ConnectX; Minisforum markets Ethernet multi-box demos only | Windows/Linux; ROCm maturing; llama.cpp/Vulkan common | Best **$/GB** for single-node 70B–120B MoE; x86 + expandability (esp. Framework/MS-S1) | | **Mac Studio M5** | Unified 36–256GB+; Max \~460–614 GB/s; Ultra **1.2 TB/s** | System up to \~480W continuous | **No ConnectX**; optional **TB5 RDMA + MLX** multi-Mac (Apple \~3× with 4 systems) | macOS, MLX, Core ML | Ultra **256GB** is the capacity king without buying two Spark nodes; quiet appliance | | **RTX 5090 32GB** | 32GB GDDR7 @ \~1.79 TB/s | 575W TGP | **No NVLink**; multi-GPU = PCIe only, **no VRAM pool** | CUDA 12.x / Windows-Linux gaming+AI stack | Highest tokens/s **when the model fits in 32GB**; street >> $1,999 MSRP | | **RTX 5090 AI Box / eGPU** | 32GB GDDR7 desktop 5090 in TB5 enclosure | Integrated PSU (\~850W class) + WATERFORCE AIO | **No** ConnectX/NVLink; GPU Selector ≠ pooled VRAM | CUDA / GeForce on Windows host | Plug-and-play external 5090 for TB5 hosts; bandwidth << PCIe x16 | ### Clustering truth table | Platform | Cluster fabric? | What scales? | Confidence | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | NVIDIA DGX Spark FE | **ConnectX-7 QSFP** | Model capacity across 2–4 nodes (e.g. dual-unit \~405B \*capacity claim\*); not a shared memory pool | High (NVIDIA docs) | | PNY / ASUS GX10 / Gigabyte ATOM / Lenovo PGX / Dell Pro Max | **ConnectX-7 retained** on all researched OEMs | Same GB10 clustering model; OEM chassis/storage/support differ | High for ASUS/Dell/Lenovo docs; High-Medium for Gigabyte listings | | Strix Halo (Framework/GMKtec/Beelink) | No | Single-node only | High | | Minisforum MS-S1 Max | Ethernet demos only | Vendor dual/quad \*application-level\* demos — not ConnectX | Medium (vendor marketing) | | Mac Studio | TB5 RDMA + MLX | Distributed inference/training across Macs | High (Apple WWDC/newsroom) | | RTX 5090 | No NVLink | Parallel independent jobs; not pooled 64GB | High (NVIDIA GeForce specs) | | RTX 5090 AI Box / eGPU | No ConnectX/NVLink | Single external 32GB CUDA node; GPU Selector assigns apps only | High (Gigabyte docs) | Capabilities checklist ## Price table — list + illustrative landed (sales tax \~10%) Best observed retail/MSRP row per product. Shipping $0 when free; otherwise landed = price + tax only and flagged. | Product | Retailer | Channel | List | Ship | Tax (\~10%) | **Landed** | Stock | Config | Link | | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ------- | ---------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Mac Studio M5 Max (base) | B&H | retail | $2,499.00 | unk | $249.90 | **$2,748.90** | in stock | 18c/32g/36GB/512GB MHL64LL/A | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/mac-studio/ci/52937?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Mac Studio M5 Max (other configs) | B&H | retail | $2,799.00 | unk | $279.90 | **$3,078.90** | in stock | M5 Max 36GB/1TB APMSM5M01 | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/mac-studio/ci/52937?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Framework | retail | $3,149.00 | unk | $314.90 | **$3,463.90** | in stock | Mainboard only Max+ 395 128GB | [Open](https://frame.work/products/framework-desktop-mainboard-amd-ryzen-ai-max-300-series?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | GMKtec EVO-X2 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | GMKtec official | retail | $3,499.99 | $0.00 | $350.00 | **$3,849.99** | in stock | 128GB + 1TB SSD / US | [Open](https://www.gmktec.com/products/amd-ryzen%E2%84%A2-ai-max-395-evo-x2-ai-mini-pc?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Minisforum MS-S1 Max (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Minisforum | retail | $3,879.00 | $0.00 | $387.90 | **$4,266.90** | in stock | 128GB + 2TB Max AI Compute Edition | [Open](https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-s1-max-mini-pc?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Beelink GTR9 Pro (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 / Strix Halo) | Beelink official | retail | $4,349.00 | unk | $434.90 | **$4,783.90** | in stock | 128GB + 2TB Frost Silver / US | [Open](https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-gtr9-pro-amd-ryzen-ai-max-395?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX 32GB | B&H | retail | $5,099.99 | unk | $510.00 | **$5,609.99** | OOS | GV-N5090IXEB-32GD B&H GIAR5090AI32 | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1947234-REG/gigabyte%5Fgv%5Fn5090ixeb%5F32gd%5Faorus%5Fgeoforce%5Frtx%5F5090.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Gigabyte AI TOP ATOM (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | retail | $5,299.99 | unk | $530.00 | **$5,829.99** | OOS | ATAGB10-9001 128GB/4TB PCIe 4.0 | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=dgx%20spark&ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Mac Studio M5 Max 128GB | B&H | retail | $5,399.00 | unk | $539.90 | **$5,938.90** | preorder | 18c/40g/128GB/1TB APMSM5M16 | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/mac-studio/ci/52937?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Mac Studio M5 Ultra 96GB | B&H | retail | $5,499.00 | unk | $549.90 | **$6,048.90** | preorder | 30c/64g/96GB/1TB MHL74LL/A | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/mac-studio/ci/52937?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Lenovo ThinkStation PGX (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | retail | $5,859.00 | unk | $585.90 | **$6,444.90** | OOS | 30KL0002US 128GB/1TB | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=dgx%20spark&ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | ASUS Ascent GX10 (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | retail | $5,999.00 | unk | $599.90 | **$6,598.90** | OOS | GX10-GG0010BN 128GB/1TB | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=dgx%20spark&ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Dell Pro Max FCM1253 (DGX Spark platform) | B&H | retail | $6,286.58 | unk | $628.66 | **$6,915.24** | OOS | GNFF4 / FCM1253 128GB/2TB | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1968371-REG/dell%5Fgnff4%5Fpro%5Fmax%5Ffcm1253%5Fdesktop.html?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | NVIDIA DGX Spark (Founders / NVIDIA-branded) | NVIDIA Marketplace | msrp | $6,950.00 | unk | $695.00 | **$7,645.00** | unknown | Founders Edition GB10 128GB/4TB | [Open](https://marketplace.nvidia.com/en-us/enterprise/personal-ai-supercomputers/dgx-spark/?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | HP ZGX Nano G1n (GB10) | B&H | retail | $7,699.00 | unk | $769.90 | **$8,468.90** | OOS | HP ZGX Nano G1n 4TB B&H HECZ2V8UT | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=dgx%20spark&ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | GeForce RTX 5090 32GB | Best Buy | retail | $8,044.99 | unk | $804.50 | **$8,849.49** | OOS | ASUS ROG Astral 32GB (BB SKU 13011710) | [Open](https://www.bestbuy.com/product/asus-rog-astral-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-32gb-gddr7-pci-express-5-0-graphics-card-black/JJGGLHJVSV/sku/13011710?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | RTX 5090 complete PC (prebuilt) | Newegg | retail | $9,299.99 | $0.00 | $930.00 | **$10,229.99** | in stock | Skytech Blaze 5 R7 9800X3D / RTX 5090 / 32GB / 2 | [Open](https://www.newegg.com/skytech-gaming-desktop-pcs-geforce-rtx-5090-amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-32gb-ddr5-2tb-nvme-ssd-st-blaze5-3304-b-al-black/p/3D5-000Z-00454?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB | B&H | retail | $9,499.00 | unk | $949.90 | **$10,448.90** | preorder | 30c/64g/256GB/1TB APMSM5U05 | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/mac-studio/ci/52937?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GB 80-GPU | B&H | retail | $10,799.00 | unk | $1,079.90 | **$11,878.90** | preorder | 36c/80g/256GB/1TB APMSM5U15 | [Open](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/mac-studio/ci/52937?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | | PNY NVIDIA DGX Spark (2-pack bundle) | Newegg | retail | $11,149.99 | $0.01 | $1,115.00 | **$12,265.00** | OOS | PNY NVDGXSPARK2PK-KIT (prior single redirects) | [Open](https://www.newegg.com/pny-technologies-inc-dgx-personal-ai-computer-20-core-arm-10-cortex-x925-10-cortex-a725-arm-nvdgxspark2pk-kit/p/N82E16856987002?ref=krumpin.jbhobby.com) | ### Inventory snapshot Inventory snapshot (best observed retail/MSRP row per product): 7 in stock, 4 preorder, 8 OOS. Most retailers expose status only (no shelf count). 7 In stock 0 Limited 4 Preorder 8 OOS **dgx\_spark**: 6 oos · **mac\_studio**: 2 in stock, 4 preorder · **rtx\_5090**: 1 oos · **rtx\_5090\_egpu**: 1 oos · **rtx\_5090\_system**: 1 in stock · **strix\_halo**: 4 in stock Numeric shelf/network qty shown in Stock when a retailer exposes it (0 product row(s)); otherwise status only. No invented counts. Public copy omits city/. - GeForce RTX 5090 32GB @ Micro Center: OOS - Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX 32GB @ Micro Center: OOS Illustrative landed cost comparison (sales tax \~10%) ## Trends One-month time series by family, plus spotlight multi-product chart. Sparse SKUs stay sparse. Spotlight multi-product trends DGX Spark family Strix Halo family Mac Studio family RTX 5090 family RTX 5090 AI Box / eGPU kits ## History tables Anchors from `price_history_import` unless noted. Expand a product for dated rows; OEM Spark variants without public trackers are omitted (not fabricated). ## Buy guidance When Spark clustering is worth the premium — and when Strix / Ultra / 5090 win instead. **Premium justification for Spark clustering:** pay the Spark/OEM premium when you (1) need CUDA/NIM, (2) expect to outgrow 128GB, and (3) will actually cable a second unit. If you only ever run one box, Strix Halo 128GB usually wins on landed $/GB; if you need >128GB in one OS image without distributed runtimes, Ultra 256GB wins. MSRP $1,999 on the 5090 is fiction on street — buy near Micro Center street, not $6k+ 3P Amazon. Generated from `2026-10-16-sample-trends.md` report + charts · Estimated sales tax (\~10%) · Do not invent prices beyond DB snapshots · 2026-10-16 PT