# DRIVE AGX Developer Kits

The NVIDIA DRIVE AGX™ Thor and NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin™ Developer Kits give you the hardware, software, and sample applications you need to develop production-level autonomous vehicle applications.

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## DRIVE AGX Thor Developer Kit

DRIVE AGX Thor Developer Kit SKU 10 is available for bench development. DRIVE AGX Thor Developer Kit SKU 12 is available for in-vehicle development.

[Buy Now](https://developer.nvidia.com/drive/agx#section-where-to-buy) [Setup](https://developer.nvidia.com/drive/setup)

### Features

With NVIDIA DRIVE® platform, developers can build, extend, and leverage one development investment across an entire fleet.

### Scaleable AV Platform

- Up to 2,000 FP4 (1,000 INT8) TFOPS for multiple concurrent AI inference pipelines

- Built on production, auto-grade silicon

- Architected for safety and security

- Streamlines software development with a fully assembled developer kit

- Increases performance with the ability to easily connect multiple DRIVE AGX Thor systems.

### Rich Automotive I/O

- 16x GMSL® 2 + 2x GMSL® 3

- 3x 100/1000/10G-T1 (quad and 6-port H-MTD)

- 1x DisplayPort up to 4K@60Hz

- 6x GMSL3 (MATE-AX x4)

### DRIVE SDK Support

- Foundational software stack, NVIDIA DriveOS with DriveWorks

- Suite of developer tools, including NvMedia, NvStreams, CUDA®, cuDNN, and TensorRT™

### Specifications

[DRIVE AGX Thor Platform Overview](https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/drive/docs/nvidia-drive-agx-thor-platform-for-developers.pdf)

DRIVE AGX Thor Hardware Quick Start Guides:

- [English](https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/drive-agx-thor-hardware-quick-start-guide) \| [Traditional Chinese](https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/drive-agx-thor-devkit-qsg-traditional-chinese.pdf) \| [Simplified Chinese](https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/drive-agx-thor-devkit-qsg-simplified-chinese.pdf)

| **Component** | **Description** | **Details** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Single AGX Thor SoC | NVIDIA integrated GPU | Blackwell architecture class—up to 1000 INT8 TOPS \| 2000 FP4 FLOPs |
|  | CPU | ARM® Neoverse V3AE |
|  | Programmable Vision Accelerators (PVAs) | Up to 2048 INT8 GMAC/s \| 512 INT 16 GMAC/s |
|  | Image Signal Processor (ISP) | 3.5 Gigabixels/s |
|  | Video encoder | Up to 3.1 Gigapixels/s (H.265) \| Up to 3.0 Gigapixels/s (H.264) |
|  | Video decoder | Up to 2.9 Gigapixels/s (H.265) \| Up to 2.6 Gigapixels/s (H.264) |
|  | System RAM | 64 GB LPDDR5X |
|  | Memory bandwidth (256-bit LPDDR5) | Up to 273 GB/s |
|  | UFS | 256 GB |
| DRIVE AGX <br> <br> System I/O | Cameras | 16x GMSL® 2 + 2x GMSL® 3 |
|  | Ethernet | Up to 76 Gb/s for data transmission (including for lidar/radar) |
|  | Vehicle IO | 4 CAN interfaces |

### Hardware Accessories

| **Accessory** | **Included in DRIVE AGX Thor Developer Kit SKU 10 for bench (Y/N)** | **Included in DRIVE AGX Thor Developer Kit SKU 12 for in-vehicle (Y/N)** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, China**<br> 930-63960-1434-000<br> <br>**Compatible: SKU 10** | N | N |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, Taiwan**<br> 930-63960-1438-000<br> <br>**Compatible: SKU 10** | N | N |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, US and Japan**<br> 930-63960-1440-000<br> <br>**Compatible: SKU 10** | N | N |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, EU and South Korea**<br> 930-63960-1436-000<br> <br>**Compatible: SKU 10** | N | N |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, UK**<br> 930-63960-1437-000<br> <br>**Compatible: SKU 10** | N | N |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, India**<br> 930-63960-1892-000<br> <br>**Compatible: SKU 10** | N | N |
| **DRIVE AGX Thor Vehicle Harness 1**<br> NVPN 030-1789-000<br> <br>**Compatible: SKU 10 & SKU 12** | N | Y |
| **DRIVE AGX Thor Vehicle Harness 2**<br> NVPN 030-1788-000<br> <br>**Compatible: SKU 10 & SKU 12** | N | Y |
| **DRIVE AGX 1GbE H-MTD to RJ45 Adapter**<br> NVPN 930-13751-0000-100<br> <br>**Compatible: SKU 10 & SKU 12** | Y | Y |
| **DRIVE AGX 10GbE H-MTD to RJ45 Adapter**<br> NVPN 930-13584-0000-200<br> <br>**Compatible: SKU 10 & SKU 12** | N | N |

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## DRIVE AGX Orin Developer Kit

The DRIVE AGX Orin  Developer Kit is available for bench development. For in-vehicle development, a vehicle accessory kit may be purchased separately.

[Buy Now](https://developer.nvidia.com/drive/agx#section-where-to-buy)

### Features

The highly scalable NVIDIA DRIVE platform allows developers to build, extend, and leverage one development investment across an entire fleet.

### Scaleable AV Platform

- Up to 254 INT8 TOPS for multiple concurrent AI inference pipelines

- Built on production, auto-grade silicon

- Architected for safety and security

- Streamlines software development with a fully assembled developer kit

- Increases performance with the ability to easily connect multiple DRIVE AGX Orin systems

### Rich Automotive I/O

- 16x GMSL cameras

- 2x 10 GbE, 10x 1G bE, 6x 100 MbE

- 1x DisplayPort

### DRIVE SDK Support

- Foundational software stack, NVIDIA DriveOS with DriveWorks

- Suite of developer tools, including NvMedia, NvStreams, CUDA®, cuDNN, and TensorRT™

### Specifications

[DRIVE AGX Orin Platform Overview](https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/drive/docs/nvidia-drive-agx-orin-platform-for-developers.pdf)

DRIVE AGX Orin Hardware Quick Start Guides:

- [English](https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/drive-agx-orin-hardware-quick-start-guide.pdf) \| [Traditional Chinese](https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/drive-agx-orin-devkit-qsg-traditional-chinese.pdf) \| [Simplified Chinese](https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/drive-agx-orin-devkit-qsg-simple-chinese.pdf)

| **Component** | **Description** | **Details** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Single AGX Orin SoC | NVIDIA integrated GPU | Ampere architecture-class — up to 254 INT8 TOPS, including a Deep Learning Accelerator (DLA) with 87 INT8 TOPS \| 5.2 FP32 TOPS |
|  | CPU | 12 Cortex®-A78A CPU |
|  | Programmable Vision Accelerators (PVAs) | Up to 2048 INT8 GMACS \| 512 INT16 GMACS |
|  | Image Signal Processor (ISP) | 1.85 Gigapixels/s |
|  | Video encoder | Up to 1.0 Gigapixels/s (H.265) |
|  | Video decoder | Up to 1.9 Gigapixels/s |
|  | Memory bandwidth (256-bit LPDDR5) | Up to 200 GB/s |
|  | UFS | 256 GB |
| DRIVE AGX System I/O | Cameras | 90 Gb/s over 16x GMSL(R) ports |
|  | Ethernet | Up to 30 Gb/s for data transmission (including for lidar/radar) |
|  | Vehicle IO | 6 CAN interfaces |

### Hardware Accessories

| **Accessory** | **Included in DRIVE AGX Orin**<br> <br>**Developer Kit? (Y/N)** |
| --- | --- |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, China**<br> 930-63960-1434-000 | Y (version 200) |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, Taiwan**<br> 930-63960-1438-000 | Y (version 200) |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, US and Japan**<br> 930-63960-1440-000 | Y (version 200) |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, EU and South Korea**<br> 930-63960-1436-000 | Y (version 300) |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, UK**<br> 930-63960-1437-000 | Y (version 300) |
| **DRIVE AGX Power Cord, India**<br> 930-63960-1892-000 | N |
| **Vehicle Accessory Kit**<br> NVPN 930-62482-0000-100 | N |
| **Vehicle Harness H1B**<br> NVPN 030-1592-000 | N |
| **Vehicle Harness H2A**<br> NVPN 030-1463-000 | N |
| **DRIVE AGX Orin 1GbE H-MTD to RJ45 Adapter**<br> NVPN 930-13751-0000-100 | Y |
| **DRIVE AGX 10GbE H-MTD to RJ45 Adapter**<br> NVPN 930-13584-0000-200 | N |

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## Comparison

| **Component** | **Description** | **DRIVE AGX Orin DevKit** | **DRIVE AGX Thor DevKit** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Single SoC | NVIDIA integrated GPU | Ampere architecture-class—up to 254 INT8 TOPS | Blackwell architecture-class—up to 1000 INT8 TOPS |
|  | CPU | ARM® Cortex-A78A | ARM® Neoverse V3AE |
|  | Programmable Vision Accelerators (PVAs) | Up to 2048 INT8 GMAC/s \| 512 INT16 GMAC/s | Up to 2048 INT8 GMAC/s \| 512 INT16 GMAC/s |
|  | Image Signal Processor (ISP) | 1.85 Gigapixels/s | 3.5 Gigapixels/s |
|  | Video encoder | Up to 1.0 Gigapixel (H.265) | Up to 3.1 Gigapixels/s (H.265) \| 3.0 Gigapixels (H.264) |
|  | Video decoder | Up to 1.9 Gigapixels/s | Up to 2.9 Gigapixels/s |
|  | System RAM | 32 GB LPDDR5 | 64 GB LPDDR5X |
|  | Memory bandwidth (256-bit LPDDR5) | Up to 200 GB/s | Up to 273 GB/s |
|  | UFS | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| DRIVE AGX <br> <br> System I/O | Cameras | 16x GMSL® 2 | 16x GMSL® 2 + 2x GMSL® 3 |
|  | Ethernet | Up to 30 Gb/s for data transmission (including for lidar/radar) | Up to 76 Gb/s for data transmission (including for lidar/radar) |
|  | Vehicle IO | 6 CAN interfaces | 4 CAN interfaces |

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## Resources

### Documentation

Review DRIVE AGX hardware and software documentation.

[Learn More](https://developer.nvidia.com/drive/documentation)

### Downloads

Download DriveOS SDK, NVIDIA's reference operating system and associated software stack, including NVIDIA DriveWorks, CUDA, cuDNN and TensorRT.

[Learn More](https://developer.nvidia.com/drive/downloads)

### Setup

Unbox and setup your hardware, then configure your environment with NVIDIA DriveOS™ SDK

[Learn More](https://developer.nvidia.com/drive/setup)

### Support

Ask questions and get answers in our developer forum.

[Learn More](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/c/autonomous-vehicles/517)