A FULL PRICE-TO-TOPS VALUE TABLE for all major AI hardware

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Recently I was doing some research on various hardware available in
all segments. I did not expect below results.
The surprising thing was the amount of options available and the
various price points for that. Anybody looking into AI will definitely
find this helpful.

Global MSRP (approx.)

Converted to Indian Rupees (₹) using a neutral rate:
$1 = ₹85

Computing ₹ per TOPS so you can instantly see value-for-money.

⚠️ Prices vary, but this gives clear comparative value.

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🔥 PRICE PER TOPS (₹ per TOPS)

Sorted from BEST value → WORST value

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🟩 1. Desktop GPUs (Best Value in the Consumer Market)

Hardware TOPS Approx Price ₹ Price ₹ per TOPS
RTX 4090 1500 $1599 ₹1,36,000 ₹90 per TOPS
RTX 4080 Super 780 $999 ₹85,000 ₹109 per TOPS
RTX 4070 Ti Super 450 $799 ₹68,000 ₹151 per TOPS
RTX 4060 Ti 353 $399 ₹34,000 ₹96 per TOPS
AMD RX 7900 XTX 300 $999 ₹85,000 ₹283 per TOPS

➡ Winner: RTX 4090 & RTX 4060 Ti (best value-per-TOPS)

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🟦 2. Embedded AI Accelerators (Industrial / Edge)

Hardware TOPS Price ₹ ₹ per TOPS
Hailo-8 (AI Hat / M.2) 26 $199 17,000 ₹653 per TOPS
Hailo-10H 40 $299 25,000 ₹625 per TOPS
Coral Edge TPU USB/PCIe 4 $80 6,800 ₹1700 per TOPS
Sipeed Maix4-HAT (INT4) 72 $170 14,500 ₹200 per TOPS
Sipeed Maix4-HAT (INT8) 18 $120 10,000 ₹555 per TOPS

➡ Winner: Sipeed Maix4-HAT (INT4) = ₹200/TOPS

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🟥 3. Jetson Modules

Hardware TOPS Price ₹ ₹ per TOPS
Jetson Orin Nano (8GB) 40 $499 42,000 ₹1050 per TOPS
Jetson Orin NX (16GB) 100 $699 59,000 ₹590 per TOPS
Jetson AGX Orin (64GB) 275 $1599 1,36,000 ₹495 per TOPS
Jetson Xavier NX 21 $399 34,000 ₹1619 per TOPS

➡ Winner: Jetson AGX Orin = ₹495/TOPS

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🟨 4. Qualcomm / Mobile Dev Kits

Hardware TOPS Price ₹ ₹ per TOPS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Dev Kit 75 $799 68,000 ₹907 per TOPS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Dev Kit 49 $699 59,000 ₹1204 per TOPS
Qualcomm RB5 (865) 15 $379 32,000 ₹2133 per TOPS
Qualcomm RB3 (845) 3 $199 17,000 ₹5666 per TOPS

➡ Winner: SD8 Gen 3 dev kit = ₹907/TOPS

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🟧 5. MediaTek Genio + Dimensity Dev Boards

Hardware TOPS Price ₹ ₹ per TOPS
Dimensity 9300 Dev Kit 46 $899 76,000 ₹1652 per TOPS
Genio 1200 4.8 $199 17,000 ₹3541 per TOPS

➡ Mobile chip dev kits are not value hardware, they are R&D tools.

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🟪 6. Rockchip AI Boards

Hardware TOPS Price ₹ ₹ per TOPS
RK3588 AI Boards (Orange Pi 5+, etc.) 6 $109 9,500 ₹1583 per TOPS
RK3399Pro 3 $149 12,500 ₹4160 per TOPS

➡ RK3588 boards = best Rockchip value

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🟫 7. SOPHGO Industrial Accelerators

Hardware TOPS Price ₹ ₹ per TOPS
BM1684X 32 $599 51,000 ₹1593 per TOPS
BM1688 70 $699 59,000 ₹842 per TOPS
SG2042 RISC-V 8 $199 17,000 ₹2125 per TOPS

➡ BM1688 = ₹842/TOPS

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🟫 8. Apple iPhone Neural Engine (MSRP-based)

(prices relative to launch MSRP)

iPhone TOPS Launch Price (₹) ₹ per TOPS
iPhone X (A11) 0.6 89,000 ₹148,333
iPhone 12 (A14) 11 79,000 ₹7,181
iPhone 13 (A15) 15.8 79,900 ₹5050
iPhone 15 (A17 Pro) 35 1,34,900 ₹3854
iPhone 16 (A18) 40 1,39,900 ₹3497

➡ Newer iPhones increased TOPS faster than price → good AI value but
still very expensive per TOPS compared to GPUs.

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🟦 9. Raspberry Pi Ecosystem

Hardware TOPS Price ₹ ₹ per TOPS
Pi 4/CM4 (0.4 TOPS est.) 0.4 ₹6,000 ₹15,000 per TOPS
Pi 5/CM5 (0.4 est.) 0.4 ₹7,500 ₹18,750 per TOPS
Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8) 26 ₹16,000 ₹615 per TOPS

➡ Pi 5 with AI kit = actually VERY GOOD value.

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⭐ SUMMARY OF VALUE (₹ per TOPS)

Best Value Hardware (₹/TOPS low → high)

NVIDIA RTX 4090 → ₹90/TOPS

RTX 4060 Ti → ₹96/TOPS

RTX 4080 Super → ₹109/TOPS

Sipeed Maix4-HAT (INT4) → ₹200/TOPS

Jetson AGX Orin → ₹495/TOPS

Hailo-10H → ₹625/TOPS

Hailo-8 → ₹653/TOPS

BM1688 → ₹842/TOPS

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 dev kit → ₹907/TOPS

Pi 5 + Hailo-8 → ₹615/TOPS (very good!)

➡ Absolute best performance-per-rupee: NVIDIA consumer GPUs
➡ Best embedded value: Hailo, BM1688, Jetson AGX Orin
➡ Best budget option: Pi 5 + Hailo AI Kit

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