Recommended Specifications for ZED SDK

We recommend the following system specifications for developing software with the ZED SDK:

	PC Minimum	PC Recommended	Embedded Systems
Processor	Dual-core 2.3GHz	Quad-core 2.7GHz or faster	NVIDIA® Jetson™ Xavier, Orin, Thor ^**
RAM	8GB	16GB	min 4 GB models
Graphics Card	NVIDIA® RTX GPU ^*	NVIDIA® RTX model with >6 GB VRAM	NVIDIA® Jetson™ Xavier, Orin
Connectivity	USB 2.0 ^***	USB 3.0	USB 2.0 ^*** / USB 3.0 / GMSL2
Operating System	Windows 10/11, Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04	Windows 10/11, Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04	Jetson™ Linux v35.3/v35.4/v36.x (JP5/JP6/JP7) ^****

^* An NVIDIA® GPU with Compute Capabilities >= 7.5 based on Turing or more recent micro-architecture is required.

^** NVIDIA® Jetson™ Thor support is under development and can have some limitations.

^*** With USB 2.0, the maximum supported resolution is VGA at 30 FPS.

^**** Jetson™ Linux v35.5 and v35.6 are not supported.

NVIDIA® Driver Requirements

We recommend using the latest NVIDIA® drivers available for your desktop/laptop GPU.

We recommend you follow the official NVIDIA® Driver Download page instructions to get the latest drivers for your GPU.

This is not required for NVIDIA® Jetson™ embedded systems as the NVIDIA® drivers are already included in the Jetson™ Linux distribution.

To install the open kernel module flavor:

$ sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-open

To install the proprietary kernel module flavor:

$ sudo apt-get install -y cuda-drivers

We recommend you follow the official NVIDIA® Driver Installation Guide for Ubuntu for more details.