Nintendo Switch 2: Power Check Under the Hood

Gamers and tech enthusiasts are buzzing about the Nintendo Switch 2's power. Thanks to a data miner on Famiboards, we might have a sneak peek at its performance. When in handheld mode, the console is said to run at a GPU speed of 561 MHz, which translates to about 1. 71 TFLOPS of power. Plug it in, and the speed boosts to around 1000 MHz, hitting about 3. 1 TFLOPS. Let's put this into perspective. Compared to the GeForce RTX 3060, a powerful desktop GPU, the Switch 2's power is only a quarter. But it's not fair to compare a desktop GPU to a portable console, right? A better comparison is the Xbox Series S, which sits at 4 TFLOPS. So, the Switch 2 might be a bit less powerful. But don't worry, developers can still use the Xbox Series S as a starting point for porting games. The Nintendo Switch 2 is rumored to use NVIDIA's Tegra 239 chip. It comes with an eight-core CPU and a GPU with 2048 CUDA cores. The real game-changer? It might support NVIDIA DLSS and Ray Reconstruction. DLSS could be a lifesaver for boosting performance. But ray tracing? Maybe not so much, as developers might not want to waste GPU power on that. New leaks and rumors about the Switch 2 pop up daily. Nintendo has promised to reveal the hardware by the end of March, which is when their fiscal year ends. It's also confirmed to be backward compatible, giving access to a huge game library right away.