Amazon Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen) vs Amazon Echo Studio (2019)
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| AmazonEcho Show 5 (3rd Gen) | AmazonEcho Studio (2019) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | May 2023 | November 2019 |
| Sound | ||
| Type | Speaker | Speaker |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Drivers | One 1.75″ full-range speaker (1.7″ in Amazon's comparison chart) | Three 2″ (51 mm) midrange speakers, one 20 mm tweeter (1-inch in the launch press release) and one 5.25″ (133 mm) woofer with a downward bass port |
| Amplifiers | – | 24-bit DAC; power amplifier with 100 kHz bandwidth; 330 W peak power |
| Audio formats | – | Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Sony 360 Reality Audio (MPEG-H); FLAC, MP3, AAC, Opus, Vorbis; CD quality (16-bit) and hi-res (up to 24-bit); spatial audio processing |
| Room tuning | – | Automatic room adaptation (continuously adjusts during playback) |
| Connections | ||
| Wi-Fi | Yes | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes |
| AirPlay | No | No |
| Voice assistants | Alexa | Alexa |
| 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 (2.4 and 5 GHz); Zigbee and Matter hub; Amazon Sidewalk |
| Bluetooth | A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP | A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP |
| Ports | – | Power; combined 3.5 mm analogue and mini-TOSLINK optical line in |
| Streaming | Prime Video app, other video through the browser; Amazon Music and other music services through Alexa; Bluetooth | Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Pandora, SiriusXM, iHeartRadio, TuneIn; Bluetooth |
| Multi-room | – | Multi-room music with compatible Echo devices; one or two Echo Studio speakers as the audio output for compatible Fire TV devices (Dolby Atmos, Dolby Audio 5.1 and stereo) |
| App | Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web) | Alexa app (Fire OS, Android and iOS) |
| Design | ||
| Weight | 0.456 kg (better) | 3.5 kg |
| 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) | Buttons on top, including microphone off |
| Microphones | Reengineered microphone array; button disconnects the microphones and camera | Button disconnects the microphones |
| Size | 147 × 91 × 82 mm (W × D × H) | 206 mm tall, 175 mm diameter |
| Colours | Charcoal, Glacier White, Cloud Blue | Charcoal; Glacier White (added in 2022) |
| In the box | Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen), 22 W power adapter with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) cable, quick start guide | Echo Studio, power cable, quick start guide |
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