Jetson Orin Nano 4 GB vs Tegra X1 GPU

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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
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM20BGA10B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2015 (9 years ago)March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

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 cores256512
Core clock speed1000 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology20 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate16.0010.00
Floating-point processing power0.512 TFLOPS0.64 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs1616
Tensor Coresno data16

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 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 typeSystem SharedLPDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1067 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data34.14 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 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) 15 Watt 10 Watt

Jetson Orin Nano 4 GB has a 150% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tegra X1 GPU and Jetson Orin Nano 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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