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AMD A9-9420e vs Nintendo Switch

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A9-9420e
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
276
Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
393

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At a glance

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AMD A9-9420eNintendo Switch
FamilyAMD A (112)NVIDIA Tegra (2)
CPU groupAMD A9-9000 (4)NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)
ArchitectureStoney Ridge (Excavator)Cortex-A57/-A53
Technology28 nm20 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketFP4
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A9-9420eNintendo Switch
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x
1.80 - 2.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
L2-Cache2.50 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A9-9420eNintendo Switch
GPU nameAMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
GPU frequency0.72 GHz0.30 - 0.77 GHz
CUs / Shader3 / 1922 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology28 nm20 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q1/2017

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A9-9420eNintendo Switch
MemoryDDR4-2133 (17.1 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB4 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP6 W5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down5 W
T. junction max.90 °C

Technical details

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AMD A9-9420eNintendo Switch
Chip designUnknownChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systems
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release dateQ2/2017Q1/2017
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD A9-9420e
AMD A9-9420e
2C / 2T · 1.80 - 2.70 GHz
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 - 1.75 GHz

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