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Nintendo Switch vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
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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
74 %
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.15 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Nintendo Switch
94 %
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.15 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Nintendo Switch
83 %
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
100 %
Qualcomm Adreno 530
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | NVIDIA Tegra (2) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (3) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A57/-A53 | Kryo |
| Technology | 20 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
|
Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A57 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
2x Kryo 2.15 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
2x Kryo 1.60 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 2.50 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) | Qualcomm Adreno 530 |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz | 0.62 - 0.62 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 256 | / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 0 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 20 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q4/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Qualcomm AI engine | |
| AI specifications | Hexagon 680 | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3733 (14.9 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
|
Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | |
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Android | |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q4/2015 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
3
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
4
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
7
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
4C / 4T · 0.00 GHz
9
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
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