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Nintendo Switch vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300
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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
19 %
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Nintendo Switch
15 %
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | NVIDIA Tegra (2) | Mediatek Dimensity (38) |
| CPU group | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 (1) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A57/-A53 | Cortex-A715 / -A510 |
| Technology | 20 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A57 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
1x Cortex-A715 3.35 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
3x Cortex-A715 3.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 4x Cortex-A510 2.20 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 2.50 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) | ARM Mali-G615 MP6 |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz | 1.40 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 256 | 6 / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 20 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Mediatek APU | |
| AI specifications | APU 780 | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-8533 (68.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | |
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Android | |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv9-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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