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MediaTek Helio P23 vs Nintendo Switch

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 63 %
MediaTek Helio P23
Rank 1 - 100 %
Nintendo Switch
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Helio P23
Rank 1 - 100 %
Nintendo Switch
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

MediaTek Helio P23
8C / 8T · 2.50 GHz
171
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
270
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Helio P23
8C / 8T · 2.50 GHz
705
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
702
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

MediaTek Helio P23
ARM Mali-G71 MP2
53
Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
393

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At a glance

Wischen
MediaTek Helio P23Nintendo Switch
FamilyMediatek Helio (37)NVIDIA Tegra (2)
CPU groupMediaTek Helio P20/P30 (4)NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)
ArchitectureCortex-A53Cortex-A57/-A53
Technology16 nm20 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
MediaTek Helio P23Nintendo Switch
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A53
2.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.65 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
L2-Cache2.50 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
MediaTek Helio P23Nintendo Switch
GPU nameARM Mali-G71 MP2NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
GPU frequency0.77 GHz0.30 - 0.77 GHz
CUs / Shader2 / 322 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology16 nm20 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q1/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen
MediaTek Helio P23Nintendo Switch
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
MediaTek Helio P23Nintendo Switch
MemoryLPDDR4X-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR3-933 (7.5 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB4 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
MediaTek Helio P23Nintendo Switch
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down5 W
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
MediaTek Helio P23Nintendo Switch
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2017Q1/2017
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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MediaTek Helio P23
MediaTek Helio P23
8C / 8T · 2.50 GHz
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 - 1.75 GHz

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