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      Feb 11, 2020.

      H.264/H.265 Video Encoding Support Matrix for Nvidia Jetson

      H.264/H.265 hardware encoding is supported on Jetson Nano, TX2 or Xavier. From remote streaming to video recording, learn more about the encoding capabilities of your Jetson.

      If you’re interested in hardware accelerated H264 and H265 (HEVC) encoding on Nvidia Jetson, there is a good chance that you are familiar with Nvidia Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. It provides important information about the number of NVENC chips inside each GPU, the maximum number of concurrent encoding sessions and compatible encoding formats.

      We share here a similar support matrix with the hardware encoding capabilities of Nvidia Jetson Nano, TX2, Xavier and Xavier NX embedded boards.

      Video Encoding

      Board

      Family

      H.264
      4K @30 (YUV 4:2:0)

      H.264
      1080 @30 (YUV 4:2:0)

      H.265
      4K @30 (YUV 4:2:0)

      H.265
      1080@ 30 (YUV 4:2:0)

      Jetson Nano

      Maxwell

      YES

      YES

      YES

      YES

      1x

      4x

      1x

      4x

      Jetson TX2

      Pascal

      YES

      YES

      YES

      YES

      3x

      14x

      3x

      8x

      Jetson Xavier NX

      Volta

      YES

      YES

      YES

      YES

      2x

      14x

      2x

      14x

      Jetson Xavier

      Volta

      YES

      YES

      YES

      YES

      8x

      30x

      8x

      32x

      For 4K and 1080 at 60FPS or YUV 4:4:4, maximum throughput is half of the figures above.

      For a stereo camera such as the ZED 2 which outputs 3840×1080 at 30 FPS, throughput is close to half of the above values.

      Video Decoding

      The hardware support matrix for video decoding is the following.

      BOARD

      FAMILY

      H.264
      4K @30 (YUV 4:2:0)

      H.264
      1080 @30 (YUV 4:2:0)

      H.265
      4K @30 (YUV 4:2:0)

      H.265
      1080 @30 (YUV 4:2:0)

      Jetson Nano

      Maxwell

      YES

      YES

      YES

      YES

      2x

      8x

      2x

      8x

      Jetson TX2

      Pascal

      YES

      YES

      YES

      YES

      4x

      14x

      4x

      14x

      Jetson Xavier NX

      Volta

      YES

      YES

      YES

      YES

      2x

      16x

      4x

      32x

      Jetson Xavier

      Volta

      YES

      YES

      YES

      YES

      8x

      32x

      12x

      52x

      Native Integration with ZED Cameras

      If you’re using ZED depth cameras, you can benefit directly from NVENC hardware acceleration on Jetson boards implemented in the ZED SDK to record your videos or stream on a local network.