Jetson Orin NX 16 GB vs Radeon RX 550

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking542not rated
Place by popularity22not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.92no data
Power efficiency9.82no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameLexaGA10B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 $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 cores5121024
Core clock speed1100 MHz918 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate37.8629.38
Floating-point processing power1.211 TFLOPS1.88 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3232
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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x4
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s102.4 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 25 Watt

Jetson Orin NX 16 GB has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 550 and Jetson Orin NX 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 is a desktop card while Jetson Orin NX 16 GB is a notebook one.


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