RTX A3000 Mobile vs Jetson Nano GPU

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated167
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM20BGA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateMarch 2019 (5 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores1284096
Core clock speed640 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed921 MHz1230 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology20 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate14.74157.4
Floating-point processing power0.2358 TFLOPS10.08 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs16128
Tensor Coresno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 Shared6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared192 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1375 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data264.0 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 3D 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
CUDA5.38.6

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 20 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 70 Watt

Jetson Nano GPU has 600% lower power consumption.

RTX A3000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Jetson Nano GPU and RTX A3000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Jetson Nano GPU is a desktop card while RTX A3000 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Jetson Nano GPU
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