Jetson TK1 vs Jetson Nano
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015) |
| GPU code name | GM20B | GK20A |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | March 2019 (5 years ago) | 15 October 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $99 | no data |
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 cores | 128 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 640 MHz | 756 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 921 MHz | 951 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,000 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 20 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 8 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 14.74 | 7.608 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2358 TFLOPS | 0.3652 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | 8 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x4 | PCIe 1.0 x1 |
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 type | LPDDR4 | DDR3L |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 467 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 7.472 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.0 | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | ES 3.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 5.3 | 3.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 20 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 8 Watt |
Jetson Nano has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.
Jetson TK1, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Jetson Nano and Jetson TK1. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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