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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 vs Nintendo Switch

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
Qualcomm Adreno 306
19
Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
393

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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400Nintendo Switch
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)NVIDIA Tegra (2)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 400 (1)NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)
ArchitectureCortex-A7Cortex-A57/-A53
Technology28 nm20 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400Nintendo Switch
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 48 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-7
1.60 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
L2-Cache2.50 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 306NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
GPU frequency0.40 - 0.40 GHz0.30 - 0.77 GHz
CUs / Shader / 242 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays01
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology28 nm20 nm
Release dateQ3/2012Q1/2017

NPU AI performance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400Nintendo Switch
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon QDSP6
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400Nintendo Switch
MemoryLPDDR3
LPDDR2
LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400Nintendo Switch
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down5 W
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400Nintendo Switch
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ4/2012Q1/2017
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
4C / 4T · 1.60 GHz
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 - 1.75 GHz

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
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