Jetson Nano GPU vs Radeon RX 580 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	GM20B
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	29 June 2016 (8 years ago)	March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

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 cores	2304	128
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	640 MHz
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	921 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	182.3	14.74
Floating-point processing power	5.834 TFLOPS	0.2358 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	144	16

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	241 mm	70 mm
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1
CUDA	-	5.3

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	14 nm	20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	10 Watt

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