JetPack 6.2 Release Notes

New Features

NVIDIA® Jetson™ Linux 36.4.3 supports new high-power Super Mode for NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano and Jetson Orin NX production modules. With Super Modes, the Jetson Orin NX series achieves up to a 70% increase in AI TOPS, while the Jetson Orin Nano series delivers comparable AI TOPS improvements alongside a 50% boost in memory bandwidth. The improved performance delivers up to 2x higher generative AI inference performance on Jetson Orin modules.

Support for new reference power modes on Jetson Orin Nano and Jetson Orin NX production modules, delivering up to 2x generative AI performance (available with a new flashing configuration: jetson-orin-nano-devkit-super.conf).

  • NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 4GB: Supports 10W, 25W, and MAXN SUPER.

  • NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 8GB: Supports 15W, 25W, and MAXN SUPER.

  • NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8GB: Supports 10W, 15W, 20W, 40W, and MAXN SUPER.

  • NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB: Supports 10W, 15W, 25W, 40W, and MAXN SUPER.

NVIDIA® Jetson™ Linux 36.4.3 supports all NVIDIA Jetson Orin modules and developer kits and introduces novel features, such as the flexibility to run any upstream Linux Kernel greater than 5.14, and expanded choices of Linux distro options on Jetson.

Additional Release Details

OS

L4T 36.4.3

Refer to Jetson Linux release notes of L4T 36.4.3 for details.

Highlights:

  • Compute stack with CUDA 12.6, TensorRT 10.3, cuDNN 9.3, VPI 3.2, DLA 3.1, and DLFW 24.0.

  • Camera

    • Enhanced the Argus library, reducing CPU utilization by up to 40%.

  • Security

    • Support for Firmware-based Trusted Platform Module (fTPM) on the Orin platform. For a full list of security features, refer to Security in the Jetson Linux Developer Guide.

  • Multimedia

    • Added GStreamer nvunixfdsink and nvunixfdsrc IPC plugins for cross-process use cases.

  • Fixes for known security vulnerabilities.

Libraries and APIs

Developer Tools