Jetson Xavier NX 8 GB vs GeForce GTX 1080

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking103not rated
Place by popularity49not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.50no data
Power efficiency15.60no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP104GV10B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 May 2016 (8 years ago)14 May 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $399

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 cores2560384
Core clock speed1607 MHz854 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million9,000 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate277.326.40
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs16024
Tensor Coresno data48

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5XLPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s1866 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s59.71 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

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
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA+7.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2016 14 May 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 15 Watt

Jetson Xavier NX 8 GB has an age advantage of 3 years, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 and Jetson Xavier NX 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 is a desktop card while Jetson Xavier NX 8 GB is a notebook one.


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