Echo Show 5 vs Echo Show 8

Echo Show 5 is $100.00 cheaper today, and has been the cheaper of the two on all 50 days we have held a price for both. They differ on screen, speakers and smart home hub and 1 more point, as Amazon’s own comparison charts list them. Every figure below was read from the retailer by us. A dash means we have no current figure for that one.

Amazon Echo Show 5 (newest model), Smart display, Designed for Alexa+, 2x the bass and clearer sound, Glacier White

Amazon Echo Show 8 (newest model), Vibrant HD 8.7" display with spatial audio, Designed for Alexa+, Graphite

Price today: Amazon Echo Show 5 (newest model), Smart display, Designed for Alexa+, 2x the bass and clearer sound, Glacier White: $99.99 (the better of the two)Go to Amazon; Amazon Echo Show 8 (newest model), Vibrant HD 8.7" display with spatial audio, Designed for Alexa+, Graphite: $199.99Go to Amazon
Record behind itDays with a recorded price in the last 90. We hold a verdict until 7 of them, or until one price has held for 10 days.: Amazon Echo Show 5 (newest model), Smart display, Designed for Alexa+, 2x the bass and clearer sound, Glacier White: 50 days on record; Amazon Echo Show 8 (newest model), Vibrant HD 8.7" display with spatial audio, Designed for Alexa+, Graphite: 50 days on record
Lowest we recordedAnd the last day it was that price. A floor touched last week is a different argument from one touched in March.: Amazon Echo Show 5 (newest model), Smart display, Designed for Alexa+, 2x the bass and clearer sound, Glacier White: $59.99 · Sep 27; Amazon Echo Show 8 (newest model), Vibrant HD 8.7" display with spatial audio, Designed for Alexa+, Graphite: $124.99 · Sep 27
Highest we recorded: Amazon Echo Show 5 (newest model), Smart display, Designed for Alexa+, 2x the bass and clearer sound, Glacier White: $99.99; Amazon Echo Show 8 (newest model), Vibrant HD 8.7" display with spatial audio, Designed for Alexa+, Graphite: $199.99
Sold by: Amazon Echo Show 5 (newest model), Smart display, Designed for Alexa+, 2x the bass and clearer sound, Glacier White: Amazon.com; Amazon Echo Show 8 (newest model), Vibrant HD 8.7" display with spatial audio, Designed for Alexa+, Graphite: Amazon.com

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How they differ

Specs as Amazon’s own comparison charts list them, the differences first.

Screen: Echo Show 5: 5.5″; Echo Show 8: 8.7″ HD
Speakers: Echo Show 5: 1.7″; Echo Show 8: Two full-range drivers, 2.8″ woofer
Smart home hub: Echo Show 5: No; Echo Show 8: Yes
Released: Echo Show 5: 2023; Echo Show 8: 2025

Echo Show 5Echo Show 8

Both lines are the best price we recorded on each day, on one money axis. Our record for each starts when we started watching it, so a shorter line is a shorter record and not a cheaper history.

How the gap has moved

Across the 50 days we have held a price for both, the gap between them was widest at $100.00 on Sep 14 and narrowest at $50.00 on Oct 15. Echo Show 5 has been the cheaper of the two on every one of those days. Today it is $100.00.

Measured from our own readings, carried forward day by day — a price stands until we record a different one. It starts on the first day we held a price for both, which is later than the day we began tracking one of them.

What they are

6 attributes the retailers describe differently, first. These are their words, not ours — we record prices, we do not test products.

Size: Pack of 1; 8-inch
Color: Glacier White; Graphite
Weight: 1 pound; 2.31 pounds
Dimensions: 5.78 × 3.56 × 3.23 inches; 8.19 × 5.91 × 5.02 inches
Model: H97N6S; MD6NE4
Released: May 2023; November 2025

2 products compared on the record we keep. Nothing here is ranked by what pays us, and neither of these placements was bought. Other model-against-model comparisons.