Details regarding the docked and undocked GPU performance of the unannounced Nintendo Switch successor, commonly referred to as Switch 2, have been revealed, as per a new rumor.
Famiboards user ZachyCatGames, who appears to be in the know about the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware, took to the forums to share detail regarding the upcoming console’s docked and undocked GPU clockspeeds, giving us a rough idea of its performance.
According to the insider, the upcoming console’s GPU operates at a clockspeed of 561 MHz undocked in portable mode, which translates to around 1.7 teraflops. Furthermore, they claimed that the Nintendo Switch 2 GPU runs at a clockspeed of 1007 MHz in docked mode, which translates to about 3.1 teraflops.
If the aforementioned metrics are correct, the Nintendo Switch 2 GPU in docked mode falls close to the Xbox Series S and PS4 Pro’s GPU performance, going purely by raw numbers. However, the Switch successor is said to feature NVIDIA graphics hardware while both the Xbox Series S and PS4 Pro feature an AMD GPU. We already know that teraflop metrics for NVIDIA and AMD hardware aren’t equivalent in terms of real world performance. In fact, this is also true when comparing both the Xbox Series S and PS4 Pro GPUs, which are based on different AMD architectures, with the Series S falling closer to NVIDIA teraflop metrics.
The GPU featured in the Nintendo Switch 2’s alleged T239 SoC is based on Ampere, the second-generation RTX architecture used for the NVIDIA 3000 series graphics cards. Based on the 3.1 teraflop metric for Nintendo’s upcoming console, its GPU would offer roughly 1/4th of the performance seen with the RTX 3060, which is a 12.74 teraflop GPU.
If the insider’s details regarding the performance of the Nintendo Switch 2 GPU are accurate, it’s fair to say that its performance will fall close to the Xbox Series S GPU.
