Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 vs Nintendo Switch
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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CPU comparisonQualcomm Snapdragon 800 or Nintendo Switch - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.45 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 was released in Q2/2013. The Nintendo Switch has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.75 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Nintendo Switch was released in Q1/2017. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) | Family | NVIDIA Tegra (2) |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800/801 (2) | CPU group | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) |
| 2 | Generation | 2 |
| Krait 400 | Architecture | Cortex-A57/-A53 |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is 2.45 GHz while the Nintendo Switch has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Nintendo Switch is at 1.00 GHz (1.75 GHz). |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 | Characteristic | Nintendo Switch |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
| normal | Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.45 GHz 4x Krait 400 |
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 LearningProcessors 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. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 | Characteristic | Nintendo Switch |
| Qualcomm AI engine | AI hardware | -- |
| Hexagon QDSP6 V5 | AI specifications | -- |
Internal GraphicsThe Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 or Nintendo Switch has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. |
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| Qualcomm Adreno 330 | GPU | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 GHz | |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | 0.77 GHz |
| 3 | GPU Generation | 1 |
| 28 nm | Technology | 20 nm |
| 0 | Max. displays | 1 |
| -- | Compute units | 2 |
| 32 | Shader | 256 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB |
| -- | DirectX Version | 12 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| Qualcomm Adreno 330 | GPU | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) |
| No | 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 |
| No | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| No | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 14.9 GB/s. The Nintendo Switch supports up to 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 | Characteristic | Nintendo Switch |
| LPDDR3-1866 | Memory | LPDDR4-3200 |
| 8 GB | Max. Memory | 4 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 14.9 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 ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is --, while the Nintendo Switch has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 | Characteristic | Nintendo Switch |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 5 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | 5 W |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Nintendo Switch is manufactured in 20 nm and has a 2.50 MB cache. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 | Characteristic | Nintendo Switch |
| 28 nm | Technology | 20 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Chiplet |
| Armv7-A (32 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | -- |
| -- | Socket | -- |
| None | Virtualization | None |
| No | AES-NI | No |
| Android | Operating systems | |
| Q2/2013 | Release date | Q1/2017 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz |
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Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.75 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz |
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Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.00 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz |
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Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.75 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz |
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Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.00 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
Qualcomm Adreno 330 @ 0.00 GHz |
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Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) @ 0.77 GHz |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 | Nintendo Switch |
| Unknown | Nintendo Switch |
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