Thoughts on Canaan's Avalon A16 & A16XP announcement?

[realbedford13]

Canaan just released specs for their new Avalon A16 series:

• Avalon A16 – 250 TH/s @ 19 J/TH → https://hashrateindex.com/rigs/a16
• Avalon A16XP – 270 TH/s @ 18 J/TH → https://hashrateindex.com/rigs/a16xp

The A16XP is a clear alignment to the Antminer S21 XP. It will be interesting to see if Antminer announces their S23 series in Q1 2026 and how that compares to the A16s.

Would be great to hear if anyone’s planning to integrate A16s into their 2026 upgrade cycle or has insights on actual availability.

[philipma1957]

Canaan just released specs for their new Avalon A16 series:

• Avalon A16 – 250 TH/s @ 19 J/TH → https://hashrateindex.com/rigs/a16
• Avalon A16XP – 270 TH/s @ 18 J/TH → https://hashrateindex.com/rigs/a16xp

The A16XP is a clear alignment to the Antminer S21 XP. It will be interesting to see if Antminer announces their S23 series in Q1 2026 and how that compares to the A16s.

Would be great to hear if anyone’s planning to integrate A16s into their 2026 upgrade cycle or has insights on actual availability.

well it reads as 300th and 3850 watts. that is 12.83 watts a th. the s23 reads as 318 th and 3500 watts which is 11 watts a th


the s21xp reads as 270 th and 3645 watts or 13.5 watts a th

so it appears better than the s21xp and worse than the s23


but the price point is okay.


what matters is how well will it run.
you need to get 2 years of decent up time to make some coin with it.

[OgNasty]

what matters is how well will it run.
you need to get 2 years of decent up time to make some coin with it.

This has always been my concern with Canaan gear.  I haven't been super impressed with any of it that I own.  Being fair though, I haven't been too impressed with any miners in a long time.  I think the Antminer S5 & S9 were probably the only miners that ever just ran great for me the entire time.  I guess now they are trying to squeeze every drop of performance possible out of these things, but I am glad to see the rise of the lottery miner, which seems to put an emphasis on running well and efficient as opposed to as fast as scientifically possible.

[HagssFIN]

For the model name, do you guys know where the "XP" comes from..?
I'm curious.

I wonder if it is maybe "extra picked" or something -- in another words a model for which the best extra good quality chips have been picked for.
Or maybe it is "extra performance"...

[Nexus9090]

For the model name, do you guys know where the "XP" comes from..?
I'm curious.

I wonder if it is maybe "extra picked" or something -- in another words a model for which the best extra good quality chips have been picked for.
Or maybe it is "extra performance"...

Perhaps, extra pricey?! 

[HagssFIN]

For the model name, do you guys know where the "XP" comes from..?
I'm curious.

I wonder if it is maybe "extra picked" or something -- in another words a model for which the best extra good quality chips have been picked for.
Or maybe it is "extra performance"...

Perhaps, extra pricey?! 

That's a good one, thanks.