MAXN Powermode

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson AGX Xavier
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Hi,

is the MAXN Powermode thought to run production loads or is it considered an overclocker/cheat mode?

Cheers,
Tobias

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The MAXN performance mode is design for the use case need run as better performance and don’t care the power consumption doesn’t matter about overclock.

The MAXN mode is an unconstrained power mode that allows a maximum number of cores and clock frequency for CPU, GPU, DLA, PVA, and SOC engines like NVENC, NVDEC, and so on. However, this mode does not guarantee the best performance for all use cases because hardware throttling is engaged when the total module power exceeds the TDP budget. Therefore, it is not the maximum performance mode. This is an experimental mode to tweak clock settings and create custom power modes that balance performance and power consumption. Refer to Power Estimator for more information about estimating the power and generating the nvpmodel configuration file for the custom power mode.

For more information, please refer to the section in developer guide:

Jetson Orin Nano Series, Jetson Orin NX Series and Jetson AGX Orin Series — NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide 1 documentation