NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor: Blackwell-powered ‘robot brain’ for physical AI
NVIDIA has released the Jetson AGX Thor developer kit and T5000 production modules — purpose-built computers for physical AI and robotics. Powered by the new Blackwell GPU architecture, Jetson Thor delivers major gains over the previous Jetson Orin platform and is aimed at developers and companies building robots that perceive and act in the real world.
Key highlights
- Architecture: NVIDIA Blackwell GPU
- Performance: Up to 7.5× AI compute vs Jetson Orin
- Efficiency: Up to 3.5× better energy efficiency vs Orin
- Memory: Up to 128 GB LPDDR5x (varies by SKU)
- Power: Configurable; up to ~130W
- I/O: PCIe Gen5, multiple camera interfaces, 4×25 GbE support, USB 3.2, and more
Pricing & availability
The Jetson AGX Thor developer kit is priced at $3,499. NVIDIA will also sell Thor T5000 production modules at a wholesale price of $2,999 per module with a minimum order quantity (MOQ) of 1,000 units. The platform is available through NVIDIA and its partners.
Customers & partners
Early customers and companies using Jetson platforms include Amazon Robotics, Meta, Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics and other robotics and industrial partners.
What this means
Jetson AGX Thor brings generative AI capabilities (large language and visual models) to robots, enabling more advanced perception and decision-making at the edge. The performance and efficiency gains make it suited for production robots in logistics, industrial automation, service robotics and research.
More info
Official announcement: NVIDIA News — Jetson AGX Thor announcement
Sources: NVIDIA News, CNX Software, industry reports.