Nintendo made the arrival of its Switch 2 official a few hours ago. Obviously, as usual, nothing really came out about the hardware. Worse still, we were treated to a few contradictions, particularly with regard to the resolutions supported when the console is docked. The Switch 2 is said to support 4K at 60 fps when connected to the docking station, which is quite a leap forward, even if games specificaly developed to support this resolution will be needed to take advantage of it. The extra vitamins needed to achieve these figures are provided by the switch from the Tegra X1 chip to the Tegra T239. A chip that Nintendo began testing in 2023. It’s apparently a lighter version of Nvidia’s T234, a chip designed for the automotive and robotics markets.
Comparison table between the Tegra X1 chip and the supposed Tegra T239
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Feature
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Tegra X1 (Switch)
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Tegra T239 (Switch 2)
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CPU
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4 Cortex-A57 4 Cortex-A53
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8 Cortex-A78C (assumed)
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GPU
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Maxwell, 256 CUDA cores
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Ampere, 1536 CUDA cores (assumed)
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RAM
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4 GB LPDDR4
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12 GB LPDDR5X
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Max resolution (docked)
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1080p, 30 fps
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4K, 60 fps
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Technologies
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–
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DLSS, ray tracing (assumed)
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Storage
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32 GB (base)
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256 GB (base)
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