Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB vs Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameno dataGA10B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores241024
Core clock speed1296 MHz625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data20.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1.28 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32
Tensor Coresno data32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x4

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeLPDDR5-6400LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1067 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data68.29 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU has a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU and Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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