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Nintendo Switch vs Intel Core i5-1235UL

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
393
Intel Core i5-1235UL
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
1,487

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At a glance

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i5-1235UL
FamilyNVIDIA Tegra (2)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupNVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
ArchitectureCortex-A57/-A53Alder Lake U
Technology20 nm10 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketBGA 1744
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 810 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A57
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
2x Golden Cove
2.50 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
8x Gracemont
0.90 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache2.50 MB6.50 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i5-1235UL
GPU nameNVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency0.30 - 0.77 GHz0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader2 / 25680 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays14
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology20 nm10 nm
Release dateQ1/2017Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i5-1235UL
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 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 i5-1235UL
TDP5 W15 W
TDP (PL2)55 W
TDP up28 W
TDP down5 W12 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Nintendo SwitchIntel Core i5-1235UL
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 dateQ1/2017Q3/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 - 1.75 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235UL
Intel Core i5-1235UL
10C / 12T · 2.50 - 4.40 GHz

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