
Hardware · NVIDIA
What AI models can the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB) run?
- Unified memory
- 8.0 GB
- Usable for models
- 6.0 GB
- Memory bandwidth
- 102 GB/s
- Runs models on
- GPU (CUDA)
- Released
- 2024
Models run on the GPU (CUDA) here, sharing the board’s memory with the system. We plan around 6.0 GB of the 8.0 GB (what Linux leaves free for a model). Ampere GPU with 1,024 CUDA cores and 32 Tensor Cores: 67 TOPS (INT8, sparse) in Super mode.
More about this hardware
| Maker | NVIDIA |
|---|---|
| Type | Single-board computer or edge AI board |
| GPU share of memory | 75% (what the GPU can typically be given for a model) |
| Chip | NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super |
| AI accelerator | Ampere GPU with 1,024 CUDA cores and 32 Tensor Cores: 67 TOPS (INT8, sparse) in Super mode. |
| Boards with this chip | Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit · Jetson Orin Nano 8GB module (Super mode) |
| Memory type | 8 GB LPDDR5, 128-bit (102 GB/s in Super mode, 68 GB/s before JetPack 6.2) |
| Bandwidth figure | 102.0 GB/s, as the maker states it |
| Note | 8 GB shared with Ubuntu desktop; ~6 GB realistically free for models (estimate). |
| Specifications | www.nvidia.com |
Apps that run models well on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)
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1 product with the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)
Best LLMs for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B | Q4_K_M | 4.0 GB | 31.5 tok/s | Runs great |
| 60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Gemma 4 E2B | Q5_K_M | 4.8 GB | 45.0 tok/s | Runs great |
| 62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Spark-X2.6 4B | Q4_K_M | 3.9 GB | 30.5 tok/s | Runs great |
| 64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nanbeige4.2 3B | Q4_K_M | 5.1 GB | 30.0 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | Q3_K_M | 5.1 GB | 36.0 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | TMax 4B | Q4_K_M | 3.9 GB | 29.7 tok/s | Runs well |
| 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Gemma 4 E4B | Q3_K_M | 5.1 GB | 36.0 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Qwen3.5 4B | Q4_K_M | 4.2 GB | 26.9 tok/s | Runs well |
| 58Good quality (B) · 58 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | MiniCPM5 2B | Q5_K_M | 3.2 GB | 41.0 tok/s | Runs great |
| 65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B | Q3_K_M | 6.0 GB | 17.2 tok/s | Runs welltight fit |
| 57Good quality (B) · 57 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Agents-A1 4B | Q4_K_M | 4.1 GB | 27.6 tok/s | Runs well |
| 55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Fara 1.5 4B | Q4_K_M | 4.1 GB | 27.6 tok/s | Runs well |
Best Image models for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX.2 [klein] 4B | Q4 GGUF | 4.6 GB | 20 s | Runs wellencoder unloaded after use |
| 52Fair quality (C) · 52 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | SDXL-Lightning (4-step) | FP8 | 5.6 GB | 9.9 s | Runs welltight fit |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FLUX 3 Image Klein | Q4 GGUF | 5.7 GB | 1.9 min | Slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use |
| 56Good quality (B) · 56 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 74/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | DreamShaper XL v2 Turbo | FP8 | 5.6 GB | 18 s | Runs welltight fit |
| 39Basic quality (D) · 39 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | SDXL Turbo | FP8 | 4.2 GB | 2.1 s | Runs great |
| 60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Juggernaut XL v9 | FP8 | 5.6 GB | 64 s | Slowtight fit |
Best Video models for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Basic quality (D) · 35 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | AnimateDiff v3 (SD 1.5) | FP16 | 4.7 GB | 5.2 min | Runs well |
| 49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 58/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | LTX-Video 2B | FP8 | 4.0 GB | 7.7 min | Runs wellCPU offload |
| 44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 52/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | CogVideoX 2B | FP8 | 4.7 GB | 18.4 min | SlowCPU offload |
Best Decision models for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)
| Quality | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | GLiNER2.5 Decide | Q8_0 | 1.2 GB | 94 ms | Runs great |
| 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3.5 | Q8_0 | 2.0 GB | 217 ms | Runs well |
| 76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Llama Prompt Guard 2 86M | Q8_0 | 1.0 GB | 107 ms | Runs great |
| 74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | GLiClass ModernBERT Large v3 | F16 | 1.5 GB | 89 ms | Runs great |
| 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | OpenAI Privacy Filter | F16 | 3.8 GB | 15 ms | Runs great |
| 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | FRIDA-Decisions | Q8_0 | 1.7 GB | 155 ms | Runs well |
| 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | Jina Reranker v3 | Q8_0 | 2.0 GB | 217 ms | Runs well |
| 72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. | DeBERTa v3 Large Zero-shot v2.0 | F16 | 1.6 GB | 97 ms | Runs great |
Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.
