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NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit

NVIDIA
documented / Overall score: 3.5

Entry-level edge-AI developer kit pairing an 8GB Jetson Orin Nano module with a carrier board, where the Super mode raises throughput to 67 sparse INT8 TOPS. It uses an Ampere GPU with 1024 CUDA cores and 32 tensor cores, a 6-core Arm Cortex-A78AE CPU and 8GB of LPDDR5, and runs small language and vision-language models locally.

Openness

3 high confidence
3.0
schematics
partial (carrier design guide public)
toolchain
closed (JetPack/Jetson Linux free but NVIDIA-SLA proprietary)
datasheets
public
blobs
required (proprietary GPU drivers/bootloader required)
retail
open_market (mass-market)
form_factor
board (developer kit - the module on its own carrier board)

NVIDIA publishes a public datasheet and sells the kit worldwide through authorized distributors, and a community BSP (OE4T) exists for it. The kit's own board files are not offered on the pages reviewed, and Jetson Linux is distributed under the NVIDIA Software License Agreement rather than an open license.

Adoption

4 high confidence
4.0

NVIDIA sells the kit worldwide through authorized distributors, backed by a large Jetson developer community and broad global distribution.

Capability

3 high confidence
3.0

Solid entry-tier generative-AI compute, but 8GB RAM caps model size versus higher Orin tiers. The spec table reads 67 INT8 TOPS and 8GB 128-bit LPDDR5, against the 157 TOPS / 16GB Orin NX and the 275 TOPS / 64GB AGX Orin on the same family page, which is the entry position in the Orin line.

Verified 2026-09-29, except some scores, still awaiting re-confirmation