What Is Jetson Xavier NX? An NVIDIA AI Development Board Explained Through Real-World Examples

Jetson Xavier NX has drawn attention as a compact, high-performance option for edge AI development. This article explains its features and applications through specific product examples and price comparisons, giving readers information to help choose an AI board suited to their projects.

## Conclusion: Jetson Xavier NX is a high-performance compact board for edge AI Jetson Xavier NX is a credit card-size AI computing board NVIDIA announced on November 6, 2019. It packs AGX Xavier performance into the Jetson Nano form factor (70×45mm) and delivers 14-21 TOPS of INT8 performance at 10W-15W. This article reviews its features and applications through specific product examples reported by us. ## Basic specifications: High AI performance in a compact package Jetson Xavier NX has 384 CUDA cores, 48 Tensor cores, six Carmel ARM CPUs and two NVDLA engines. Its memory bandwidth is at least 59.7GB/s. In low-power mode, it delivers up to 14 TOPS at 10W. This performance enables it to run multiple neural networks in parallel and simultaneously process data from multiple high-resolution image sensors. ## Example 1: Seeed Studio's reServer Jetson edge server Seeed Studio announced the compact edge server reServer Jetson, equipped with Jetson Xavier NX 16GB, on April 8, 2022. It offers AI performance of up to 21 TOPS and is designed for edge AI systems in applications such as industrial robots, medical equipment, smart cameras and smart factories. The product is positioned as a way to accelerate edge AI deployment, delivering high processing power in a compact, low-power package. ## Example 2: Jetson Mate Cluster Standard carrier board for GPU clusters Seeed Studio sells the Jetson Mate Cluster Standard carrier board, which can accommodate one Jetson Nano and three Jetson Xavier NX SoMs. Designed for building GPU clusters and servers, the product is listed on the company's website. This shows that Jetson Xavier NX is intended for use not only on its own but also in cluster configurations. ## Discussion: Price difference and different applications compared with Jetson Nano On June 4, 2020, hackster.io published a comparison of the Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit and Jetson Nano. The Xavier NX costs $399, while the Jetson Nano costs $99, a difference of about four times. The Xavier NX is aimed at professionals, while the Jetson Nano is intended for makers and STEM education. The developer kit was announced on May 14, 2020. The price difference reflects the performance gap and the different target users. ## Summary: Jetson Xavier NX as an option for edge AI development Jetson Xavier NX is suited to edge AI systems that need high AI performance in a compact package. Seeed Studio's products also show its practical applications in areas such as industrial robots and smart factories. However, it costs about four times as much as the Jetson Nano, making it important to choose according to the intended application. NVIDIA officially lists the developer kit as EOL (end of life), but Seeed Studio's sales page indicates that it remains available for purchase. Buyers should also note the clause specifying compliance with export controls. ## Related articles from Physical AI News - Seeed Studio announces reServer Jetson compact edge server equipped with Jetson Xavier NX (2022-04-08) - Seeed Studio sells Jetson Mate Cluster Standard carrier board for GPU clusters equipped with Jetson Nano and Xavier NX (2021-05-15) - NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit costs four times as much as Jetson Nano, with distinct applications (2020-06-04) - Seeed Studio continues sales of Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit, specifies export control compliance clause (2020-05-14) - NVIDIA announces Jetson Xavier NX, a credit card-size AI board (2019-11-06)