Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB vs Tesla K20c

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking490not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.37no data
Power efficiency2.73no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110GA10B
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date12 November 2012 (12 years ago)March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,199 $299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores24961024
Core clock speed706 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate146.820.00
Floating-point processing power3.524 TFLOPS1.28 TFLOPS
ROPs4016
TMUs20832
Tensor 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount5 GB8 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz1067 MHz
Memory bandwidth208.0 GB/s68.29 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 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 15 Watt

Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB has a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 1400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K20c and Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K20c is a workstation card while Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB is a notebook one.


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