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Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 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 850
Qualcomm Adreno 630
737
Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
393

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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 850Nintendo Switch
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)NVIDIA Tegra (2)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 845/850 (2)NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)
ArchitectureKryo 385Cortex-A57/-A53
Technology10 nm20 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Kryo 385 Gold
2.95 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Kryo 385 Silver
1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
1.00 - 1.75 GHz
L2-Cache1.50 MB2.50 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 850Nintendo Switch
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 630NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
GPU frequency0.70 GHz0.30 - 0.77 GHz
CUs / Shader / 2562 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays21
Max. GPU Memory8 GB2 GB
Technology10 nm20 nm
Release dateQ1/2018Q1/2017

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 850Nintendo Switch
MemoryLPDDR4X-3733 (29.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB4 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down5 W
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 850Nintendo Switch
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2018Q1/2017
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
8C / 8T · 2.95 GHz
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch
8C / 8T · 1.00 - 1.75 GHz

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