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
- FP16 compute
- 2.1 TFLOPS
- Released
- 2024
macOS lets the GPU use roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of unified memory by default, so we plan around that figure rather than the full 8.0 GB.
Specifications
| Maker | NVIDIA |
|---|---|
| Type | Unified-memory system on a chip |
| GPU share of memory | 75% (what the GPU can typically be given for a model) |
| Chip | Apple NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super |
| Unified memory | 8.0 GB |
| Usable for AI models | 6.0 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 102 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 2.1 TFLOPS |
| Interface | UNIFIED |
| Released | 2024 |
1 product with the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)
Best LLMs for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)
| Grade · points | Model | Quant | Memory | Speed | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 ptsGreat (A) · 79 of 100 points: Model quality 26.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.9/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | TMax 4B | Q4_K_M | 3.9 GB | 29.7 tok/s | Runs well |
| 78 ptsGreat (A) · 78 of 100 points: Model quality 26.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.3/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Qwen3.5 4B | Q4_K_M | 4.2 GB | 26.9 tok/s | Runs well |
| 78 ptsGreat (A) · 78 of 100 points: Model quality 26.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Gemma 4 E2B | Q4_K_M | 4.3 GB | 24.5 tok/s | Runs well |
| 78 ptsGreat (A) · 78 of 100 points: Model quality 25.7/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Agents-A1 4B | Q4_K_M | 4.1 GB | 27.6 tok/s | Runs well |
| 77 ptsGreat (A) · 77 of 100 points: Model quality 24.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Fara 1.5 4B | Q4_K_M | 4.1 GB | 27.6 tok/s | Runs well |
| 77 ptsGreat (A) · 77 of 100 points: Model quality 23.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 13.2/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Qwen3 4B Thinking 2507 | Q4_K_M | 4.7 GB | 31.1 tok/s | Runs well |
| 77 ptsGreat (A) · 77 of 100 points: Model quality 28.0/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 10.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | TMax 9B | Q3_K_M | 5.7 GB | 18.1 tok/s | Tight fit |
| 76 ptsGreat (A) · 76 of 100 points: Model quality 22.7/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Ling 3.0 Tiny (8B-A1.3B) | Q3_K_M | 5.2 GB | 62.3 tok/s | Tight fit |
| 76 ptsGreat (A) · 76 of 100 points: Model quality 23.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 13.2/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 | Q4_K_M | 4.7 GB | 31.1 tok/s | Runs well |
| 76 ptsGreat (A) · 76 of 100 points: Model quality 22.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 13.9/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Granite 4.2 3B | Q4_K_M | 4.0 GB | 34.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 75 ptsGreat (A) · 75 of 100 points: Model quality 23.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Qwen3-VL 4B Instruct | Q4_K_M | 5.0 GB | 28.2 tok/s | Runs well |
| 75 ptsGreat (A) · 75 of 100 points: Model quality 25.7/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 10.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Gemma 4 E4B | Q3_K_M | 5.1 GB | 20.2 tok/s | Tight fit |
Best Image models for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)
| Grade · points | Model | Precision | Memory | Time per output | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 ptsGreat (A) · 78 of 100 points: Model quality 32.6/45, Memory fit 20.0/25, Speed 10.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | FLUX.2 [klein] 4B | Q4 GGUF | 4.6 GB | 20 s | Runs well |
| 76 ptsGreat (A) · 76 of 100 points: Model quality 23.8/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | SDXL-Lightning (4-step) | FP8 | 5.6 GB | 9.9 s | Tight fit |
| 74 ptsGreat (A) · 74 of 100 points: Model quality 25.6/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 11.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | DreamShaper XL v2 Turbo | FP8 | 5.6 GB | 18 s | Tight fit |
| 72 ptsGreat (A) · 72 of 100 points: Model quality 17.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | SDXL Turbo | FP8 | 4.2 GB | 2.1 s | Runs well |
| 71 ptsGood (B) · 71 of 100 points: Model quality 27.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 5.9/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | Juggernaut XL v9 | FP8 | 5.6 GB | 64 s | Tight fit |
| 71 ptsGood (B) · 71 of 100 points: Model quality 27.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 5.9/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | RealVisXL V5.0 | FP8 | 5.6 GB | 64 s | Tight fit |
Best Video models for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super (8 GB)
| Grade · points | Model | Precision | Memory | Time per output | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 ptsGood (B) · 67 of 100 points: Model quality 15.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.4/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | AnimateDiff v3 (SD 1.5) | FP16 | 4.7 GB | 5.2 min | Runs well |
| 58 ptsGood (B) · 58 of 100 points: Model quality 22.1/45, Memory fit 12.0/25, Speed 9.4/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | LTX-Video 2B | FP8 | 4.0 GB | 7.7 min | Runs well |
| 52 ptsUsable (C) · 52 of 100 points: Model quality 19.8/45, Memory fit 12.0/25, Speed 6.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15 | CogVideoX 2B | FP8 | 4.7 GB | 18.4 min | Runs well |
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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.