I find the Indiegogo and Canaan webpages a little hard to navigate and couldn't find a side-by-side comparison of all the products, so here's what I could extract.
This should be the full overview of their current lineup, with the original
Nano 3 added for completeness. I had noted its efficiency as 29J/TH, but that's likely at a below-max hashrate setting, where efficiency is typically better; the values shown here are all at max. hashrate and max. power consumption, which is how Avalon calculates the given efficiency levels for their
Mini 3 and
Q.
| | | Avalon Nano 3 | | | Avalon Nano 3S | | | Avalon Mini 3 | | | Avalon Q |
| Hashrate | | | 4TH/s | | | 6TH/s | | | 37.5TH/s | | | 90TH/s |
| Efficiency | | | 35J/TH | | | 23.3J/TH | | | 21.3J/TH | | | 18.6J/TH |
| Price | | | ~ $100 | | | ~ $300 | | | ~ $1000 | | | ~ $2000 |
| Power Consumption | | | 140W | | | 140W | | | 800W | | | 1674W |
| Hashrate Price | | | 40GH/$ | | | 20GH/$ | | | 37.5GH/$ | | | 45GH/$ |
My personal opinion:
Nano 3 still looks very attractive with its low entry cost and decent hashrate.
These devices barely break even with European electricity prices, so justifying an extra $200 for the same heat output and still not being able to recoup any costs, might be tricky.
At the $1k price point, I find the
Mini 3 very interesting. While
Nano 3S gets you 20GH/$, the
Mini 3 delivers 37.5GH/$, i.e. almost double and as such, sits close to the original
Nano 3's value, which as mentioned before, I have been a big fan of.
Compared to getting 10 units of the
Nano 3, the
Mini's improved efficiency will save you ~600W, i.e. you'd consume ~43% less electricity, while still being able to replace a proper heater unit.
I'm personally looking into getting the
Mini 3 - or a potential successor, since now we're quickly approaching spring / summer.
Regarding
Avalon Q, I guess it depends on one's 'fun money budget' and whether your electricity prices allow running it profitably; for solo mining, most people would probably not want to invest that much money both in electricity and upfront cost.
