NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX Benchmarks


Fig.1. Jetson TX NX module

NVIDIA® Jetson™ TX2 NX is the next step in AI performance for embedded and edge products after the predecessor - Jetson TX2 module.

It delivers up to 2.5X the performance of Jetson Nano while sharing its form-factor and pin compatibility, as well as that of Jetson Xavier™ NX.
This compact SoC (system on a chip) packs hardware accelerators for the entire AI pipeline, where NVIDIA JetPack™ SDK provides the tools needed for the application.
Custom AI network development is simplified with pre-trained AI models from NVIDIA NGC™ and the NVIDIA Transfer Learning Toolkit.
The containerized deployments make updates flexible and seamless.

The XIMEA team decided to test various cameras connected to the module with NX dev kit and the results are listed below.

Miniature USB3 camera with 18 Mpix connected to TX2 NX

Hardware components:

  • Jetson TX2 NX module
  • NX developer kit - two full speed USB3 ports
  • XIMEA MU181CR-ON camera: 18 MP, 4896 x 3680, Color model with USB3 interface
  • GPU desktop as a receiving station

MRTech CamViewer demo application

CamViewer is a demo application designed to acquire images from USB3/PCIe cameras connected to a computer and display them on the screen.
The application is used for demonstrations and internal purposes of MRTech SK.

Processing pipeline:

  • Free run acquisition
  • auto exposure
  • auto white balance
  • demosaicing 5x5
  • rendering on a screen (60 Hz)

Results for one MU181CR-ON camera

Resolution Bit depth Frame rate Processing latency G2G latency
Full frame 4896 x 3680 8 bit 21 Fps 440 ms 150 ms
Full frame 4896 x 3680 12 bit 14 Fps 62 ms 210 ms
2x2 binning 2448 x 1842 8 bit 59 Fps 16 ms 85 ms
2x2 binning 2448 x 1842 12 bit 56 Fps 25 ms 100 ms

MRTech dragonfly application

Dragonfly application was designed by MRTech SK to receive RAW images from one or more USB3/PCIe cameras and stream the processed images via the network to a remote computer.
The application can run on NVIDIA Jetson modules, embedded or desktop computers with NVIDIA GPU.
The application is currently being used in several projects in aerial, ground drones, on vehicles, as well as in medical devices.

Processing pipeline on Jetson:

  • 8-bit acquisition
  • auto exposure
  • auto white balance
  • demosaicing 5x5
  • H.265 encoding
  • RTSP streaming

Processing pipeline on the receiving station:

  • receiving the RTSP stream
  • H.265 decoding
  • rendering on a screen (144 Hz)

Results for one MU181CR-ON color camera

Resolution Bit depth Frame rate Jetson processing Receiving side Bitrate G2G latency
Full HD ROI 1920 x 1080, 2.1MP 8 bit 98 Fps 12 ms 7 ms 9800 Mbps 50 ms
Full HD ROI 1920 x 1080, 2.1MP 16 bit 98 Fps 14 ms 7 ms 9800 Mbps 60 ms
4K (UHD) 3840 x 2160, 8.3MP 8 bit 45 Fps 34 ms 12 ms 9800 Mbps 90 ms
4K (UHD) 3840 x 2160, 8.3MP 8 bit 30 Fps 42 ms 12 ms 9800 Mbps 130 ms

Results for two MU181CR-ON color cameras running simultaneously

Resolution Bit depth Frame rate Processing on Jetson Bitrate Processing on receiving side G2G latency
Full HD ROI 1920 x 1080, 2.1MP 8 bit 90 Fps 15 ms 9800 Mbps 7 ms 60 ms
Full HD ROI 1920 x 1080, 2.1MP 16 bit 60 Fps 19 ms 9800 Mbps 7 ms 65 ms
4K (UHD) 3840 x 2160, 8.3MP 8 bit 22 Fps 50 ms 9800 Mbps 12 ms 125 ms


Note: The bandwidth on TX2 NX is limited in case two cameras are connected.