AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385 vs Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host)

FPGA / Versal coverage note: 1,243 rows come from the AMD Vitis AI 3.0/3.5 Model Zoo tables; 733 (59%) are image classification. Detection, segmentation and other workloads are thinner, and there is no LLM or speech data for these boards. All are vendor-published (grade D). FPGA / Versal overview.

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Hailo-8L M.2 module from the Raspberry Pi AI Kit, mounted on the Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ — Hailo-8L M.2 AI accelerator module (from the Raspberry Pi AI Kit). Photo: SparkFun Electronics, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385 is faster in all 2 like-for-like comparisons (largest gap: image classification, 1.92×).

	AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385	Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host)
Best object detection	93.50 FPS D 2026-09-24 (published)	437 FPS D 2026-10-15 (page last edited)
Power	n/a	1.50 W spec
Perf / W	n/a	291 FPS/W spec
Price	$15995 list	n/a
Workloads with data	2 of 7	6 of 7

Best published object detection result per platform (may be from different like-for-like groups — see data). n/a = not published; never estimated.

Show data — all workloads, sources and like-for-like groups

object detection

✓ Like-for-like: model-size class medium (YOLO-m), batch 1. Model, precision and stack may still differ.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385	93.50 FPS throughput · b=1	yolov8m VINT8 with BF16 tail (Quark) · Vitis AI 6.3 VART ml_vart --benchmark --runs 100 · medium (YOLO-m)	D	unknown power n/a no power published	AMD Vitis AI 6.3 VEK385 YOLOv8m tutorial 2026-09-24 (published)
Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host)	62.90 FPS throughput · b=1	yolov5m_wo_spp INT8 (Hailo quantized) · Hailo DFC v2.20.0 / HailoRT (model zoo) · medium (YOLO-m)	D	1.50 W spec reported in result source — spec	Hailo Model Zoo public models (Hailo-8L) 2026-10-15 (page last edited)

instance segmentation

Only Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) has published instance segmentation results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host)	52.90 FPS throughput · b=1	yolov5m_seg INT8 (Hailo quantized) · Hailo DFC v2.20.0 / HailoRT (model zoo) · medium (YOLO-m)	D	1.50 W spec reported in result source — spec	Hailo Model Zoo public models (Hailo-8L) 2026-10-15 (page last edited)

AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385:

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No published instance segmentation results for AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385 or Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

pose estimation

Only Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) has published pose estimation results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host)	795 FPS throughput · b=1	mspn_regnetx_800mf INT8 (Hailo quantized) · Hailo DFC v2.20.0 / HailoRT (model zoo) · mid-size CNN	D	1.50 W spec reported in result source — spec	Hailo Model Zoo public models (Hailo-8L) 2026-10-15 (page last edited)

AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385:

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No published pose estimation results for AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385 or Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

image classification

✓ Like-for-like: model-size class mid-size CNN, batch 1. Model, precision and stack may still differ.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385	265 FPS throughput · b=1	resnet50-v1-12 (ONNX) INT8 (Quark) · Vitis AI 6.3 ONNX Runtime Vitis AI EP (evaluate.py, Python loop) · mid-size CNN	D	unknown power n/a no power published	AMD Vitis AI 6.3 VEK385 ResNet50 Quark tutorial 2026-09-23 (page last edited)
Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host)	138 FPS throughput · b=1	resnet_v1_50 INT8 (Hailo quantized) · Hailo DFC v2.20.0 / HailoRT (model zoo) · mid-size CNN	D	1.50 W spec reported in result source — spec	Hailo Model Zoo public models (Hailo-8L) 2026-10-15 (page last edited)

semantic segmentation

Only Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) has published semantic segmentation results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host)	19.60 FPS throughput · b=1	fcn8_resnet_v1_18 INT8 (Hailo quantized) · Hailo DFC v2.20.0 / HailoRT (model zoo) · mid-size CNN	D	1.50 W spec reported in result source — spec	Hailo Model Zoo public models (Hailo-8L) 2026-10-15 (page last edited)

AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385:

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No published semantic segmentation results for AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385 or Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

speech-to-text

Only Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) has published speech-to-text results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host)	41.80 FPS throughput · b=1	whisper_base_5s_no_kqs_decoder INT8 (Hailo quantized) · Hailo DFC v2.20.0 / HailoRT (model zoo) · Whisper base	D	1.50 W spec reported in result source — spec	Hailo Model Zoo public models (Hailo-8L) 2026-10-15 (page last edited)

AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385:

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No published speech-to-text results for AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385 or Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

LLM generation

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No published LLM generation results for AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 VEK385 or Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) yet.
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How to read these numbers

Every number is labelled. Confidence: A MLPerf closed, audited · B documented third-party method · C community / review · D vendor-published, not independently verified · E estimate. Power basis: measured with the result · spec vendor spec/envelope · power n/a not published.

Machine-readable: /find.json (see llms.txt); full tables are in “Show data”. Confidence grades: A audited MLPerf closed · B documented third-party · C community · D vendor-published · E estimate. Unknown values are shown as unknown, never estimated. Generated 2026-10-16 from public sources.