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Nintendo Switch vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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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
28 %
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Nintendo Switch
27 %
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Nintendo Switch
38 %
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
100 %
Qualcomm Adreno 640
More benchmarks
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | NVIDIA Tegra (2) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A57/-A53 | Kryo 485 |
| Technology | 20 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Kryo 485 Prime 2.96 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
3x Kryo 485 Gold 2.42 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 4x Kryo 485 Silver 1.80 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 2.50 MB | 2.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 3.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) | Qualcomm Adreno 640 |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz | 0.25 - 0.68 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 256 | 4 / 384 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 20 nm | 7 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2017 | Q1/2019 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Qualcomm AI engine | |
| AI specifications | Hexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Nintendo Switch | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q1/2021 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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