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Apple A4 vs Nintendo Switch
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Average performance across multiple benchmarks
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | NVIDIA Tegra (2) |
| CPU group | Apple A4 (1) | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) |
| Architecture | A4 | Cortex-A57/-A53 |
| Technology | 45 nm | 20 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 1 / 1 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 1x Cortex-A8 0.80 - 1.00 GHz |
4x Cortex-A57 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 0.51 MB | 2.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX535 | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 2 | 2 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 65nm | 20 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2007 | Q1/2017 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A4 | Nintendo Switch |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-800 | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | |
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q2/2010 | Q1/2017 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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