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Nintendo Switch vs Intel Core i7-5650U
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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
27 %
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
Intel Core i7-5650U
100 %
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Nintendo Switch
37 %
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
Intel Core i7-5650U
100 %
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Nintendo Switch
51 %
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
Intel Core i7-5650U
100 %
Intel HD Graphics 6000
More benchmarks
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
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core i7-5650U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | NVIDIA Tegra (2) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) | Intel Core i 5000U (16) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A57/-A53 | Broadwell U |
| Technology | 20 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1168 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i7-4650U | |
| Successor | Intel Core i7-6650U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core i7-5650U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 2 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A57 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
2x 2.20 - 3.10 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 2.50 MB | 0.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core i7-5650U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) | Intel HD Graphics 6000 |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz | 0.30 - 1.00 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 256 | 48 / 384 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Technology | 20 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q1/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core i7-5650U |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core i7-5650U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 12 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 6.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core i7-5650U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | 9.5 W |
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core i7-5650U |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q1/2015 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
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