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Nintendo Switch vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 652

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 95 %
Nintendo Switch
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 76 %
Nintendo Switch
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
270
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
8C / 8T · 1.80 GHz
283
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
702
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
8C / 8T · 1.80 GHz
920
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
393
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
Qualcomm Adreno 510
154

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At a glance

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Nintendo SwitchQualcomm Snapdragon 652
FamilyNVIDIA Tegra (2)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupNVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 (3)
ArchitectureCortex-A57/-A53Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Technology20 nm28 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Nintendo SwitchQualcomm Snapdragon 652
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A57
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
4x Cortex-A72
1.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
1.40 GHz
L2-Cache2.50 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Nintendo SwitchQualcomm Snapdragon 652
GPU nameNVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)Qualcomm Adreno 510
GPU frequency0.30 - 0.77 GHz0.60 - 0.60 GHz
CUs / Shader2 / 256 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays10
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology20 nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2017Q4/2015

NPU AI performance

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Nintendo SwitchQualcomm Snapdragon 652
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon V56
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Nintendo SwitchQualcomm Snapdragon 652
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (14.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB8 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Nintendo SwitchQualcomm Snapdragon 652
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down5 W
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Nintendo SwitchQualcomm Snapdragon 652
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2017Q1/2016
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 - 1.75 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
8C / 8T · 1.80 GHz

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