Amazon Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) vs Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen)

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Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) compared with Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen)

	AmazonEcho Show 5 (3rd Gen)	AmazonEcho Show 8 (3rd Gen)
Overview
Released
Released	May 2023	October 2023
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	One 1.75″ full-range speaker (1.7″ in Amazon's comparison chart)	Two 2″ full-range neodymium drivers with a passive bass radiator
Audio formats
Audio formats	–	Spatial audio processing
Room tuning
Room tuning	–	Room adaptation (senses the room's acoustics and adjusts playback)
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Yes	Yes
AirPlay
AirPlay	No	No
Voice assistants
Voice assistants	Alexa	Alexa
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac; Amazon Sidewalk; smart home over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh and Matter	Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac; Zigbee, Matter and Thread border router; Amazon Sidewalk
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
Streaming
Streaming	Prime Video app, other video through the browser; Amazon Music and other music services through Alexa; Bluetooth	Prime Video, Netflix and Fire TV Channels; Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Music and others through Alexa; Bluetooth
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)
Design
Weight
Weight	0.456 kg (better)	1.034 kg
Controls
Controls	5.5″ touchscreen; microphone and camera off button; 2 MP camera with built-in shutter; MediaTek MT8169B processor (Amazon's press release names the AZ2 Neural Edge processor)	8.0″ HD touchscreen with adaptive colour; microphone and camera off button; 13 MP centred camera with auto-framing and a built-in shutter; octa-core processor with Amazon AZ2 Neural Network Engine
Microphones
Microphones	Reengineered microphone array; button disconnects the microphones and camera	Button disconnects the microphones and camera
Mounting
Mounting	–	Adjustable stand with USB-C charging port sold separately
Size
Size	147 × 91 × 82 mm (W × D × H)	200 × 139 × 106 mm
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Cloud Blue	Charcoal, Glacier White
In the box
In the box	Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen), 22 W power adapter with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) cable, quick start guide	Echo Show 8, 30 W power adapter with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) cable, quick start guide