Jetson Thor T5000: 4 supported JetPack releases.
Method v1.0 · dataset 2026-09-07 · verified 2026-09-07 · last updated September 2026
JetPack 7.0 through 7.2.1. Jetson Thor T5000 platform page. Power-mode presets: Jetson Thor T5000 on the power-modes page.
Supported releases and compute stack
Install methods
| Method | JetPack range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SDK Manager (host flash) | all | Host-driven flash from an x86 Ubuntu machine (or a Docker container per NVIDIA's SDK Manager Docker image). Only method that can flash the Super flash configuration and the JetPack 6.x/7.x QSPI-firmware bridge update; required to change flash configuration (e.g. move a non-Super Orin Nano to jetson-orin-nano-devkit-super). |
| ISO image (target-side) | 6.0+ | USB-stick installable image, flashed target-side (no x86 host required). Cannot upgrade a non-Super device to Super Mode (must reflash from an x86 host / SDK Manager, or hand-edit TNSPEC/COMPATIBLE_SPEC in /etc/nv_boot_control.conf). JetPack 7.2's ISO image is the sole install path for the Orin Nano Developer Kit now that the SD Card image is gone. |
| apt upgrade / OTA | minor/point releases within the same major L4T line only (e.g. 6.0→6.2.x, 7.0→7.2.x) | In-place `apt update && apt dist-upgrade` (or NVIDIA's OTA image mechanism) works only within the same L4T major version. Crossing a major boundary (5.x→6.x, 6.x→7.x) is unsupported and requires a full reflash because the bootloader/kernel/rootfs and base Ubuntu version all change. |
| flash.sh / Jetson Linux BSP | all | Command-line flashing (`sudo ./flash.sh <board_config> mmcblk0p1` or `tools/kernel_flash` scripts) using the Jetson Linux BSP tarball + sample rootfs extracted on an x86 Ubuntu host, in recovery mode over USB. Underlies SDK Manager's GUI flash and is the only way to pass a custom board/flash configuration string (e.g. jetson-orin-nano-devkit-super) without the GUI. |
nvpmodel power-mode presets
| Flash configuration | Mode | nvpmodel id | Watts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetPack 7.0 (Jetson Linux 38.2 / 38.2.1) | MAXN | 0 | — | |
| JetPack 7.0 (Jetson Linux 38.2 / 38.2.1) | 120W | 1 | 120 | default |
| JetPack 7.1+ (Jetson Linux 38.4 and later) | MAXN | 0 | — | |
| JetPack 7.1+ (Jetson Linux 38.4 and later) | 120W | 1 | 120 | default |
| JetPack 7.1+ (Jetson Linux 38.4 and later) | 90W | 2 | 90 | |
| JetPack 7.1+ (Jetson Linux 38.4 and later) | 70W | 3 | 70 |
Power-mode sources
- NVIDIA · jetson-linux-r38.2.1/power-thor r38.2.1 (JetPack 7.0) · NVP Model Clock Configuration for Jetson T5000 · verified 2026-09-07 · Jetson Linux Developer Guide — Platform Power and Performance: Jetson Thor Product Family · class A
“MAXN | 120W* · NVDEC/NVENC/OFA/NVJPG maximum frequency (MHz) 1692 | 1557 — The default mode is 120W (mode ID 1).”
- NVIDIA · DS-11945-001 v1.5 · Power Modes, Note 2 · verified 2026-09-07 · Jetson Thor Series Modules Data Sheet · class A
“Custom power modes can be generated using Jetson Power Estimator. 120W is default power mode”
- NVIDIA · jetson-linux-r38.4/power-thor r38.4 (JetPack 7.1) · NVP Model Clock Configuration — Jetson T5000 · verified 2026-09-07 · Jetson Linux Developer Guide — Platform Power and Performance: Jetson Thor Product Family · class A
“MAXN | 120W* | 90W | 70W — The default mode is 120W (mode ID 1).”
- NVIDIA · DS-11945-001 v1.5 · Power Modes · verified 2026-09-07 · Jetson Thor Series Modules Data Sheet · class A
“Jetson T5000 Power Modes: 70W | 90W | 120W | MAXN · Maximum Total Module Power (TMP): 130W”
Full detail: Jetson Thor T5000 on the power-modes page.
Known issues
thor requires jetpack7
Affects: Jetson Thor T5000, Jetson T4000 · JetPack 7.0 minimum for T5000; 7.1 minimum for T4000
Symptom: Jetson Thor modules cannot be flashed with any JetPack 5.x/6.x image.
Cause: Thor is a new SoC generation (Blackwell-class GPU, SBSA-aligned firmware/bootloader) with its own L4T line (R38+) starting at JetPack 7.0; T4000 specifically was not supported until JetPack 7.1 (Jetson Linux 38.4).
Remediation: Flash Thor T5000 with JetPack 7.0 or later; flash T4000 with JetPack 7.1 or later.
Sources
- NVIDIA · nvidia-dev:embedded/jetpack/downloads/archive-7.1 · verified 2026-09-07 · JetPack SDK Downloads and Notes Archive — 7.0 and 7.1 · class A
“Jetson Linux 38.4 ... Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit, Jetson T5000, Jetson T4000.”
cuda13 thor only
Affects: Jetson Thor T5000, Jetson T4000 · JetPack 7.0+
Symptom: A container or wheel built against CUDA 12.x (the Orin-generation stack) fails to run or link on a Thor device, or vice versa.
Cause: JetPack 7.x on Thor ships CUDA 13.x (13.0.0 at 7.0/7.1, 13.2.1 at 7.2/7.2.1) while the Orin-generation JetPack 6.x line tops out at CUDA 12.6.10 — the two SoC generations are not binary-compatible at the CUDA toolkit level.
Remediation: Build/select containers and wheels tagged for the correct Jetson family (Thor vs. Orin) and JetPack major version; do not mix a JetPack-6-built CUDA 12.x artifact onto a JetPack-7/Thor target or vice versa.
Sources
- NVIDIA · nvidia-dev:embedded/jetpack/downloads/archive-7.0 · verified 2026-09-07 · JetPack SDK Downloads and Notes Archive — 7.0 · class A
“The latest AI compute stack includes CUDA 13, cuDNN 9.12, and TensorRT 10.13.”
ubuntu2404 jetpack7
Affects: Jetson Thor T5000, Jetson T4000, Jetson Orin Nano 8GB, Jetson Orin Nano 4GB, Jetson Orin NX 16GB, Jetson Orin NX 8GB, Jetson AGX Orin 32GB, Jetson AGX Orin 64GB, Jetson AGX Orin Industrial · JetPack 7.x
Symptom: apt packages, PPAs, or container base images built for Ubuntu 22.04 (JetPack 6.x) fail to install or behave differently on JetPack 7.x.
Cause: JetPack 7.x moved the root filesystem to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Linux Kernel 6.8, up from Ubuntu 22.04 / Kernel 5.15 on JetPack 6.x.
Remediation: Rebuild or re-pull container images and packages targeting Ubuntu 24.04 / L4T R38+ when moving a workload from a JetPack-6 (Orin) deployment to JetPack-7 (Thor or unified Orin+Thor 7.2+).
Sources
- NVIDIA · nvidia-dev:embedded/jetpack/downloads/archive-7.0 · verified 2026-09-07 · JetPack SDK Downloads and Notes Archive — 7.0 · class A
“Jetson Linux 38.2 ... Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ... L4T Ubuntu 24.04.”
Every JetPack pairing
Links
- Live engine: https://edgeaistack.ai/engines/jetson-configuration-checker/?hw=jetson_thor_t5000&jp=7.2.1&install=sdk_manager&rt=tensorrt&mv=1.0&dv=2026-09-07
- Methodology: /methodology/jetson-configuration-checker/
- Dataset: /datasets/jetpack-config.json
- Platform page: Jetson Thor T5000 platform page
- Power modes: /platforms/jetson-power-modes/#jetson-thor-t5000
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