NVIDIA Tegra X1 (T210)
The Tegra X1 (T210) is NVIDIA’s 20 nm Maxwell-generation SoC, also known from the Nintendo Switch and the Shield TV. Jetson boards use only its four Cortex-A57 cores. The Jetson TX1 has the full 256-core GPU, while the low-cost Jetson Nano uses a 128-core version at a lower clock.
General Specifications
Specs
| Part | CPU | Process | Memory | GPU | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jetson TX1 (Tegra X1) | 4× Cortex-A57 @ 1.73 GHz | 20 nm | LPDDR4 64-bit Up to 4 GB 25.6 GB/s | Maxwell, 256 CUDA cores Vendor: OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1 | Storage: 16 GB eMMC (on module) |
| Jetson Nano (Tegra X1) | 4× Cortex-A57 @ 1.43 GHz | 20 nm | LPDDR4 64-bit Up to 4 GB 25.6 GB/s | Maxwell, 128 CUDA cores Vendor: OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1 472 GFLOPS FP16 | VPU: Decode: 4K@60fps H.265, H.264 Encode: 4K@30fps H.265, H.264 TDP: 5–10 W |
Linux Support
Vendor BSP
- NVIDIA JetPack / Jetson Linux (L4T); this generation no longer receives new JetPack major releases
Mainline kernel
- Fully supported
- Works but not all features are implemented (Tegra support upstream; Nouveau for the GPU)