Jetson Orin NX 16 GB vs GeForce GTX 1080

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking103not rated
Place by popularity46not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.55no data
Power efficiency15.37no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA10B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 May 2016 (8 years ago)February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores25601024
Core clock speed1607 MHz918 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt25 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate277.329.38
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS1.88 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs16032
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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5XLPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s102.4 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 25 Watt

Jetson Orin NX 16 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 620% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 and Jetson Orin NX 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 is a desktop card while Jetson Orin NX 16 GB is a notebook one.


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