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Nintendo Switch vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
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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
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Nintendo Switch
7 %
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Nintendo Switch
6 %
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
100 %
Intel Arc 140V
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
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
|
Nintendo Switch | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
|---|---|---|
| Family | NVIDIA Tegra (2) | Intel Core Ultra 7 (31) |
| CPU group | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) | Intel Core Ultra 200V (9) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A57/-A53 | Lunar Lake |
| Technology | 20 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 2833 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A57 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
4x Lion Cove 2.20 - 4.80 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
4x Skymont 0 - 3.70 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 2.50 MB | 14.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 12.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) | Intel Arc 140V |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz | 0.60 - 1.95 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 256 | 64 / 1024 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 20 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Intel® AI Boost | |
| AI specifications | Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 47 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-8533 (136.5 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 8 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | 17 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 37 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | |
| T. junction max. | 110 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Nintendo Switch | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 11, Linux | |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q3/2024 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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