Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE vs Nintendo Switch

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE CPU1 vs CPU2 Nintendo Switch
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Nintendo Switch

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE and the Nintendo Switch and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE 4 core processor released in 2014 with the Nintendo Switch which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2017.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family NVIDIA Tegra (2)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (4) CPU group NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)
2 Generation 2
Cortex-A53 Architecture Cortex-A57/-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.20 GHz. The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Nintendo Switch clocks with 1.00 GHz (1.75 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Characteristic Nintendo Switch
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 1.00 GHz (1.75 GHz)
4x Cortex-A57
-- B-Core 1.00 GHz (1.75 GHz)
4x Cortex-A53

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Characteristic Nintendo Switch
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon QDSP6 AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Qualcomm Adreno 306 GPU NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.77 GHz
3 GPU Generation 1
28 nm Technology 20 nm
0 Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 2
24 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Qualcomm Adreno 306 GPU NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 4 GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE, while the Nintendo Switch supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s enabled.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Characteristic Nintendo Switch
LPDDR3-1066, LPDDR2-1066 Memory LPDDR4-3200
4 GB Max. Memory 4 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
4.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.50 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Nintendo Switch is 5 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Characteristic Nintendo Switch
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 5 W
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Nintendo Switch is at 2.50 MB. The processor is manufactured in 20 nm.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Characteristic Nintendo Switch
28 nm Technology 20 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems
2014 Release date Q1/2017
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE
Qualcomm Adreno 306 @ 0.40 GHz
19 (5%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) @ 0.77 GHz
393 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
86 (100%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.75 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
282 (100%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.75 GHz
270 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.00 GHz
702 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 LTE Nintendo Switch
Unknown Nintendo Switch

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