Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB vs Radeon HD 8950M

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameSaturnGA10B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 May 2013 (11 years ago)February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

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 cores7681792
Core clock speed1075 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate51.6052.08
Floating-point processing power1.651 TFLOPS3.333 TFLOPS
ROPs1624
TMUs4856
Tensor Coresno data56

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4

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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth88 GB/s204.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 40 Watt

Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8950M and Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon HD 8950M
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