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ASUS Tinker Board S vs NVIDIA Jetson Nano: Comparison

ASUS Tinker Board S and NVIDIA Jetson Nano differ on memory: ASUS Tinker Board S at 2GB LPDDR3, NVIDIA Jetson Nano at 4GB LPDDR4 (64-bit, 1600MHz, 25.6GB/s), which puts NVIDIA Jetson Nano ahead on that measure. On price, ASUS Tinker Board S sits at $79.00 against $99.00 for NVIDIA Jetson Nano.

ASUS Tinker Board S (Single-Board Computer/Rockchip RK3288/Quad-Core Cortex-A17/2GB LPDDR3/Onboard eMMC Storage)
ASUSASUS Tinker Board S

$79.00

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NVIDIA Jetson Nano (Single-Board Computer/Quad-Core Cortex-A57/128-Core Maxwell GPU/4GB RAM/Legacy Budget AI Entry Point)
NVIDIANVIDIA Jetson Nano

$99.00

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Specs

Specification
ASUS Tinker Board S (Single-Board Computer/Rockchip RK3288/Quad-Core Cortex-A17/2GB LPDDR3/Onboard eMMC Storage)
ASUS Tinker Board S
NVIDIA Jetson Nano (Single-Board Computer/Quad-Core Cortex-A57/128-Core Maxwell GPU/4GB RAM/Legacy Budget AI Entry Point)
NVIDIA Jetson Nano
BrandASUSNVIDIA
Memory2GB LPDDR34GB LPDDR4 (64-bit, 1600MHz, 25.6GB/s)
Price$79Historically $99 (module); verify current pricing and availability
ModelTinker Board SJetson Nano
ProcessorQuad-Core Cortex-A17 up to 1.8GHzQuad-Core ARM Cortex-A57
GPUMali-T760 MP4NVIDIA Maxwell, 128 CUDA cores

Price comparison

RetailerASUS Tinker Board SNVIDIA Jetson Nano
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$79.00

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$99.00

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Verdict

ASUS Tinker Board S

6.5 / 10 Expert Rating

Dated performance-wise, but the onboard eMMC still makes it a sensible pick for always-on signage and kiosk deployments.

NVIDIA Jetson Nano

6.5 / 10 Expert Rating

A dated but cheap way to learn NVIDIA's CUDA/TensorRT stack before stepping up to current-generation Jetson hardware.

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