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Intel Core i5-10500 vs Nintendo Switch
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-10500
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz
Nintendo Switch
18 %
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-10500
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
Nintendo Switch
11 %
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-10500
100 %
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Nintendo Switch
85 %
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Monero Hashrate
94 entries
94 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-10500 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | NVIDIA Tegra (2) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 10000 (43) | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) |
| Architecture | Comet Lake S | Cortex-A57/-A53 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 20 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1200 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i5-9500 | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-11500 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-10500 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 6x 3.10 - 4.50 GHz |
4x Cortex-A57 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 2.50 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 12.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-10500 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 1.20 GHz | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 2 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 20 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2017 | Q1/2017 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-10500 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-10500 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-10500 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-10500 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q2/2020 | Q1/2017 |
| Release price | 192 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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