Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB vs A100 PCIe 80 GB

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA100GA10B
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date28 June 2021 (3 years ago)March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$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 cores69121024
Core clock speed1065 MHz625 MHz
Boost clock speed1410 MHzno data
Number of transistors54,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate609.120.00
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPS1.28 TFLOPS
ROPs16016
TMUs43232
Tensor Cores43232

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno 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 typeHBM2eLPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount80 GB8 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1593 MHz1067 MHz
Memory bandwidth2,039 GB/s68.29 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.7
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL3.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA8.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 80 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 15 Watt

A100 PCIe 80 GB has a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB, on the other hand, has 1566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 PCIe 80 GB and Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A100 PCIe 80 GB is a workstation card while Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80 GB
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