Jetson AGX Xavier 16 GB vs Switch 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
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGM20BGV10B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date17 March 2017 (7 years ago)October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

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 cores256512
Core clock speed384 MHz854 MHz
Boost clock speed768 MHz1377 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 million9,000 million
Manufacturing process technology20 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate12.2944.06
Floating-point processing power0.3932 TFLOPS1.41 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1632
Tensor Coresno data64

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
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 typeDDR4LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz2133 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s136.5 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA5.37.2

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 20 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 30 Watt

Switch GPU has 100% lower power consumption.

Jetson AGX Xavier 16 GB, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Switch GPU and Jetson AGX Xavier 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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