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Nintendo Switch vs Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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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
Nintendo Switch
10 %
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
100 %
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Nintendo Switch
3 %
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
100 %
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Nintendo Switch
2 %
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
100 %
Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core)
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
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 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
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
Nintendo Switch | Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | NVIDIA Tegra (2) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A57/-A53 | M2 |
| Technology | 20 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Nintendo Switch | Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 24 / 24 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A57 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
16x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
8x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 2.50 MB | 72.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
|
Nintendo Switch | Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) | Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 256 | 960 / 7680 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 8 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 192 GB |
| Technology | 20 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q2/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 32 Neural cores @ 31.6 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
|
Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (819.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 64 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 126.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | 80 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Nintendo Switch | Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q2/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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