NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB — Benchmarks & Specs
The NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB is an APU from the Jetson Orin family released in 2023 from NVIDIA. It launched with a $599 MSRP, though street prices typically diverge meaningfully from launch pricing — see the linked product cards below for current Amazon listings. Benchmark data is still being collected from public databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Tom's Hardware, Notebookcheck) and the LocalLLaMA community for this SKU; the spec sheet below reflects what we have on file today. Read this page when shopping the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB, comparing it against other APUs in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).
Full Specifications
| ram gb | 16 |
|---|---|
| ai tops | 100 |
| cpu cores | 8 |
| gpu cores | 1024 |
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