Jetson Orin NX 16 GB vs GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularity38not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGA107GA10B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 January 2022 (2 years ago)February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $599
Current price$1289 (6.5x MSRP)$1045 (1.7x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20481024
Core clock speedno data918 MHz
Boost clock speed1740 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate111.429.38

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x4
Length242 mm70 mm
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed12 GB/s6.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth192.0 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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Cost $199 $599
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 25 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB and Jetson Orin NX 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
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