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Intel Core i9-9900X 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 i9-9900X
100 %
10C / 20T · 4.50 GHz
Nintendo Switch
19 %
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i9-9900X
100 %
10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz
Nintendo Switch
7 %
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 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
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 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 i9-9900X | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i9 (81) | NVIDIA Tegra (2) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 9000X (8) | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) |
| Architecture | Skylake X Refresh | Cortex-A57/-A53 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 20 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 2066 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i9-7900X | |
| Successor | Intel Core i9-10900X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i9-9900X | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 10 / 20 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 10x 3.50 - 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 | 19.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i9-9900X | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 2 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 20 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2017 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i9-9900X | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i9-9900X | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 44 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 43.3 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i9-9900X | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 165 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | |
| T. junction max. | 92 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i9-9900X | 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, AVX-512 | |
| Release date | Q4/2018 | Q1/2017 |
| Release price | 989 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Nintendo Switch
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