Intel Xeon D-1747NTE vs Nintendo Switch

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Intel Xeon D-1747NTE CPU1 vs CPU2 Nintendo Switch
Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Nintendo Switch

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon D-1747NTE or Nintendo Switch - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon D-1747NTE has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 384 GB of memory is supported in 3 memory channels. The Intel Xeon D-1747NTE was released in Q1/2022.

The Nintendo Switch has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.75 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Nintendo Switch was released in Q1/2017.
Intel Xeon D (79) Family NVIDIA Tegra (2)
Intel Xeon D-1700 (20) CPU group NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)
4 Generation 2
Ice Lake Architecture Cortex-A57/-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon D-1747NTE has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon D-1747NTE is 2.50 GHz (3.50 GHz) while the Nintendo Switch has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Nintendo Switch is at 1.00 GHz (1.75 GHz).

Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Characteristic Nintendo Switch
10 Cores 8
20 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz (3.50 GHz)
10x Sunny Cove
A-Core 1.00 GHz (1.75 GHz)
4x Cortex-A57
-- B-Core 1.00 GHz (1.75 GHz)
4x Cortex-A53

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Characteristic Nintendo Switch
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon D-1747NTE or Nintendo Switch has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.77 GHz
-- GPU Generation 1
Technology 20 nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 2
-- Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon D-1747NTE can use up to 384 GB of memory in 3 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 70.4 GB/s. The Nintendo Switch supports up to 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Characteristic Nintendo Switch
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR4-3200
384 GB Max. Memory 4 GB
3 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
70.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
15.00 MB L2 Cache 2.50 MB
-- L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
31.5 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon D-1747NTE is 80 W, while the Nintendo Switch has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Characteristic Nintendo Switch
80 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 5 W
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon D-1747NTE is manufactured in 10 nm and has 15.00 MB cache. The Nintendo Switch is manufactured in 20 nm and has a 2.50 MB cache.

Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Characteristic Nintendo Switch
10 nm Technology 20 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
BGA 2227 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q1/2022 Release date Q1/2017
1248 $ Release price --
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Intel Xeon D-1747NTE
10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
1088 (100%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.75 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Intel Xeon D-1747NTE
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
9307 (100%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Intel Xeon D-1747NTE
10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.75 GHz
270 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Intel Xeon D-1747NTE
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.00 GHz
702 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Intel Xeon D-1747NTE
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) @ 0.77 GHz
393 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Intel Xeon D-1747NTE
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
19836 (100%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon D-1747NTE Nintendo Switch
Unknown Nintendo Switch

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