Jetson TK1 vs Jetson Nano GPU

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameGM20BGK20A
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateMarch 2019 (5 years ago)15 October 2014 (10 years ago)

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 cores128192
Core clock speed640 MHz756 MHz
Boost clock speed921 MHz951 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology20 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt8 Watt
Texture fill rate14.747.608
Floating-point processing power0.2358 TFLOPS0.3652 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs168

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 1.0 x1

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 SharedDDR3L
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared467 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data7.472 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.46.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.6ES 3.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.11.3
CUDA5.33.2

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 20 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 8 Watt

Jetson Nano GPU has a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Jetson TK1, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Jetson Nano GPU and Jetson TK1. We've got no test results to judge.


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