Radeon R9 280X2 vs Jetson Xavier NX 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
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGV10BTahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 May 2020 (4 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 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 cores3842048
Core clock speed854 MHz950 MHz
Boost clock speed1377 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors9,000 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate33.05128.0
Floating-point processing power1.058 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs24128
Tensor Cores48no 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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Length70 mm315 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data3x 8-pin

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 SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared3 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.46.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
Vulkan1.21.2.170
CUDA7.2-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 375 Watt

Jetson Xavier NX GPU has a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 2400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Jetson Xavier NX GPU and Radeon R9 280X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX GPU
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