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Nintendo Switch vs Intel Core i3-1215U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 13 %
Nintendo Switch
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-1215U
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 17 %
Nintendo Switch
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-1215U
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
270
Intel Core i3-1215U
6C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
2,079
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
702
Intel Core i3-1215U
6C / 8T · 1.80 GHz
4,135
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
393
Intel Core i3-1215U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
1,091

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At a glance

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i3-1215U
FamilyNVIDIA Tegra (2)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupNVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
ArchitectureCortex-A57/-A53Alder Lake U
Technology20 nm10 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketBGA 1744
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-1315U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i3-1215U
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A57
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
2x Golden Cove
1.20 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
4x Gracemont
0.90 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache2.50 MB4.50 MB
L3-Cache10.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i3-1215U
GPU nameNVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency0.30 - 0.77 GHz0.30 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader2 / 25664 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays14
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology20 nm10 nm
Release dateQ1/2017Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i3-1215U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i3-1215U
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i3-1215U
TDP5 W15 W
TDP (PL2)55 W
TDP up
TDP down5 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i3-1215U
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2017Q1/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 - 1.75 GHz
Intel Core i3-1215U
Intel Core i3-1215U
6C / 8T · 1.20 - 4.40 GHz

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