GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs Jetson Nano GPU

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated18
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM20BGN21-X11
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateMarch 2019 (5 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores1289728
Boost clock speed921 MHz2040 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology20 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate14.74515.3
Floating-point performance0.2358 gflopsno 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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Length70 mmno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared16 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared20000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data576.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.11.3
CUDA5.38.9

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 20 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 150 Watt

Jetson Nano GPU has 1400% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Jetson Nano GPU and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Jetson Nano GPU is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Jetson Nano GPU
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