Jetson Nano: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started Jetson Nano sales on March 2019 at a recommended price of $99 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Maxwell 2.0 architecture and made with 20 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 4 GB of LPDDR4 memory clocked at 3.2 GB/s are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is an integrated video card. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 70 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 10 Watt.
Primary Details
Some basic facts about Jetson Nano: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019) | |
| GPU code name | GM20B | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | March 2019 (5 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $99 | |
| Current price | $85 (0.9x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Detailed Specifications
Jetson Nano's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Jetson Nano's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 128 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 921 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 2,000 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 20 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 14.74 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form Factor & Compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Jetson Nano and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x4 | |
| Length | 70 mm | |
| Width | IGP |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 3.2 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and Outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Jetson Nano. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent |
API Compatibility
APIs supported by Jetson Nano, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | |
| CUDA | 5.3 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Jetson Nano is Radeon HD 7480D.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Jetson Nano according to our statistics.
