
Nvidia’s range of Jetson boards are not typical Raspberry Pi alternatives. Nvidia’s focus is on entry-level and mainstream AI based robotics, drones and cameras. Its latest board, the $499 Jetson Orin Nano ups the processing power while still keeping the kit compact.
The Jetson Orin Nano improves on the Nvidia Maxwell GPU’s 128 CUDA cores with 1024 Ampere GPU based CUDA cores. The extra cores and newer architecture means that the Orin Nano has up to 80 times the AI performance of the Jetson Nano. The six Arm A78AE CPU cores provide almost seven times the performance of the Jetson Nano. The same AI architecture that powers the Jetson AGX Orin module is used in the Orin Nano, but at a much more affordable price.