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Nintendo Switch vs Apple M5 (10-CPU)
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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
6 %
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Nintendo Switch
4 %
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.60 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Nintendo Switch
8 %
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
More benchmarks
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | NVIDIA Tegra (2) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A57/-A53 | M5 |
| Technology | 20 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M4 (10-CPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 10 / 10 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A57 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
4x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 2.50 MB | 28.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 256 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 20 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | 15 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
3
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
4
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
5
Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU)
15C / 15T · 4.61 GHz
6
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
7
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
8
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
9
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
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