Jetson Orin NX 16 GB vs RTX A5000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking35not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency17.68no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA102GA10B
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores81921024
Core clock speed1170 MHz918 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHzno data
Number of transistors28,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate433.929.38
Floating-point processing power27.77 TFLOPS1.88 TFLOPS
ROPs9616
TMUs25632
Tensor Cores25632
Ray Tracing Cores64no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth768.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 25 Watt

RTX A5000 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Jetson Orin NX 16 GB, on the other hand, has 820% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX A5000 and Jetson Orin NX 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A5000 is a workstation card while Jetson Orin NX 16 GB is a notebook one.


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