Jetson Orin NX 16 GB vs GeForce RTX 2080

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking67not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation27.29no data
Power efficiency15.53no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU104GA10B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 September 2018 (6 years ago)February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $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 cores29441024
Core clock speed1515 MHz918 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate314.629.38
Floating-point processing power10.07 TFLOPS1.88 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs18432
Tensor Cores36832
Ray Tracing Cores46no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s102.4 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 25 Watt

Jetson Orin NX 16 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 760% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 and Jetson Orin NX 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 is a desktop card while Jetson Orin NX 16 GB is a notebook one.


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