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Bolt-on Hailo AI acceleration for the Raspberry Pi 5, from $70.
Pros
- Extremely affordable entry into edge AI
- Seamless official integration with the huge Pi ecosystem
- Two performance/price tiers to choose from
Cons
- Requires a Raspberry Pi 5 host (added cost)
- Vision-focused; not for generative AI (see AI HAT+ 2)
- Limited to Pi 5 platform
✓ Where it shines / best for
- Adding real-time computer vision to a Raspberry Pi 5
- Makers and educators building affordable smart-camera projects
- Edge inference where a clean integrated HAT is preferred over an M.2 kit
✕ Not the best fit for
- Generative AI or large language model workloads (see AI HAT+ 2 instead)
- Boards other than Raspberry Pi 5 (requires PCIe)
- Model training (inference accelerator only)
Features
- ✓ Hailo neural accelerator integrated directly onto the PCB (no separate M.2 needed)
- ✓ Two tiers: 13 TOPS (Hailo-8L) and 26 TOPS (Hailo-8)
- ✓ Connects to Raspberry Pi 5 over the PCIe Gen 3 interface
- ✓ Improved thermal dissipation vs the older M.2-based AI Kit
- ✓ Integrates with the Raspberry Pi camera/AI software stack (rpicam-apps)
- ✓ Supports TensorFlow and PyTorch models via the Hailo toolchain
- ✓ Runs object detection, segmentation, and pose estimation - 26 TOPS model runs multiple networks simultaneously; production committed through at least Jan 2030
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI HAT+ (13 TOPS) | $70 | one-time | Hailo-8L accelerator integrated on-board; 13 TOPS |
| AI HAT+ (26 TOPS) | $110 | one-time | Hailo-8 accelerator integrated on-board; 26 TOPS |
Pricing verified from the official source. Prices change often — confirm on the vendor's site before buying.
Specifications
| power | Low (PCIe-powered HAT) |
| memory | On-chip (accelerator) |
| interface | PCIe Gen 3 to Raspberry Pi 5 |
| architecture | Hailo-8L or Hailo-8 neural accelerator on Pi 5 HAT |
| ai_performance | 13 TOPS or 26 TOPS INT8 |
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