Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB vs GeForce RTX 3060 GA104

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104GA10B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2021 (3 years ago)March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 $1,599

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 cores35842048
Core clock speed1320 MHz1300 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate199.083.20
Floating-point processing power12.74 TFLOPS5.325 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs11264
Tensor Cores11264
Ray Tracing Cores28no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB64 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1875 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth360.0 GB/s204.8 GB/s

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 64 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 60 Watt

Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB has a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 183.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 is a desktop card while Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
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