Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB vs Jetson TX2 GPU

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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
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP10BGA10B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2016 (8 years ago)March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 $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 cores2561024
Core clock speedno data625 MHz
Boost clock speed1465 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate23.4420.00
Floating-point processing power0.7501 TFLOPS1.28 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1632
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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x4
Length87 mmno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedLPDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1067 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data68.29 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.06.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA6.28.6

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm

Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Jetson TX2 GPU and Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Jetson TX2 GPU is a desktop card while Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB is a notebook one.


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