How many camera streams can each Jetson hardware-decode?

Dataset 2026-09-07 · verified 2026-09-07 · last updated September 2026

Every number below is copied from the NVIDIA datasheet named beside it, with revision and table. Nothing is scaled or estimated on these pages except where a row is explicitly labelled class D. Download the whole dataset as JSON with provenance, or read the methodology.

Module × codec at a glance

Streams per module at 1080p30 / 4K30 and the rated decoder throughput in megapixels per second. Click a cell for the full profile table and its source.

Module	NVDEC	H.265 1080p30 / 4K30 / MP/s	H.264 1080p30 / 4K30 / MP/s	AV1 1080p30 / 4K30 / MP/s	VP9 1080p30 / 4K30 / MP/s	Encoder
Jetson Orin Nano (8GB / 4GB)	1	11 / 2 / 690	7 / 1 / 450	10 / 2 / 625	10 / 2 / 625	software
Jetson Orin NX (16GB / 8GB)	1	18 / 4 / 1100	11 / 2 / 720	20 / 4 / 1000	15 / 3 / 1000	NVENC
Jetson AGX Orin 32GB	2	18 / 4 / 1100	11 / 2 / 720	15 / 4 / 1000	15 / 3 / 1000	NVENC
Jetson AGX Orin 64GB	2	22 / 7 / 1300	13 / 3 / 850	18 / 6 / 1200	18 / 6 / 1200	NVENC
Jetson AGX Orin Industrial	2	23 / 7 / 1365	13 / 3 / 890	19 / 6 / 1260	19 / 6 / 1260	NVENC
Jetson Thor T5000 120 W table	2	156 / 36 / 4920	160 / 40 / 5040	96 / 24 / 3120	116 / 28 / 3780	NVENC
Jetson Thor T4000 (prelim.) 70 W table	1	39 / 9 / 2460	40 / 10 / 2520	24 / 6 / 1560	29 / 7 / 1840	NVENC

Orin NVDEC clocks are identical in every nvpmodel preset, so these counts hold at 7 W and at MAXN alike. Thor publishes separate tables per power mode; the default-mode table is shown here and both are on the module pages.

Modules

Jetson Orin Nano (8GB / 4GB)

H.265 11 × 1080p30 · 2 × 4K30 · 690 MP/s
H.264 7 × 1080p30 · 450 MP/s · 1 NVDEC · no NVENC

Jetson Orin NX (16GB / 8GB)

H.265 18 × 1080p30 · 4 × 4K30 · 1100 MP/s
H.264 11 × 1080p30 · 720 MP/s · 1 NVDEC · NVENC

Jetson AGX Orin 32GB

H.265 18 × 1080p30 · 4 × 4K30 · 1100 MP/s
H.264 11 × 1080p30 · 720 MP/s · 2 NVDEC · NVENC

Jetson AGX Orin 64GB

H.265 22 × 1080p30 · 7 × 4K30 · 1300 MP/s
H.264 13 × 1080p30 · 850 MP/s · 2 NVDEC · NVENC

Jetson AGX Orin Industrial

H.265 23 × 1080p30 · 7 × 4K30 · 1365 MP/s
H.264 13 × 1080p30 · 890 MP/s · 2 NVDEC · NVENC

Jetson Thor T5000

H.265 156 × 1080p30 · 36 × 4K30 · 4920 MP/s
H.264 160 × 1080p30 · 5040 MP/s · 2 NVDEC · NVENC

Jetson Thor T4000 (preliminary)

H.265 39 × 1080p30 · 9 × 4K30 · 2460 MP/s
H.264 40 × 1080p30 · 2520 MP/s · 1 NVDEC · NVENC

Roll-ups and workloads

By module

Every codec row per module on one page

By codec

H.265, H.264, AV1, VP9 across the lineup

Camera capacity · Jetson Orin

1080p / 1440p / 4K at 15–30 fps per module, class A and D labelled

Camera capacity · Jetson Thor

T5000 and T4000 per power mode

Orin NX 16GB: 4 × 1440p20 H.265

NVIDIA forum thread 380328 · decode 27 % of rated, same in every power mode

Orin Nano: 8 × 1080p30 H.265 plus detection

NVIDIA forum thread 193819 · decode 73 % of the published 11 streams; the GPU is free for inference

Documents

Every row on these pages cites one of

NVIDIA · DS-10712-001 v0.5 · verified 2026-09-07 · Jetson Orin NX Series Modules Data Sheet · class A
NVIDIA · DS-11105-001 v1.1 · verified 2026-09-07 · Jetson Orin Nano Series Modules Data Sheet · class A
NVIDIA · DS-10662-001 v1.8 · verified 2026-09-07 · Jetson AGX Orin Series Modules Data Sheet · class A
NVIDIA · DS-11945-001 v1.5 · verified 2026-09-07 · Jetson Thor Series Modules Data Sheet · class A
NVIDIA · forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/380328 2026-08-17 · reply by NVIDIA staff (DaneLLL) · verified 2026-09-07 · NVIDIA Developer Forums — "Orin NX 16GB — NVDEC capacity for 4× 2560×1440 H.265 streams, and Super mode impact" · class A
“Maximum frequency of NVDEC is same in different power modes.”

Decode is one stage of six.

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