Tech-focussed publication Digital Foundry has published a full breakdown of confirmed Nintendo Switch 2 technical specifications and it is exciting stuff. This details confirms that the hardware leaks, which go all the way back to 2021, were pretty much on the money. While the system is not quite the powerhouse some had expected, it’s still a highly capable system. As Digital Foundry says in its closing statement, it is the games which will do all the talking.
| Switch 2: Nvidia T239 | Switch 1: Nvidia Tegra X1 | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Architecture | 8x ARM Cortex A78C | 4x ARM Cortex A57 |
| CPU Clocks | 998MHz (docked), 1101MHz (mobile), Max 1.7GHz | 1020 MHz (docked/mobile), Max 1.785GHz |
| CPU System Reservation | 2 cores (6 available to developers) | 1 core (3 available to developers) |
| GPU Architecture | Ampere | Maxwell |
| CUDA Cores | 1536 | 256 |
| GPU Clocks | 1007MHz (docked), 561MHz (mobile), Max 1.4GHz | 768MHz (docked), up to 460MHz (mobile), Max 921MHz |
| Memory/Interface | 128-bit/LPDDR5 | 64-bit/LPDDR4 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 102GB/s (docked), 68GB/s (mobile) | 25.6GB/s (docked), 21.3GB/s (mobile) |
| Memory System Reservation | 3GB (9GB available for games) | 0.8GB (3.2GB available for games) |
