All is confirmed the Nintendo Switch is powered by stock Nvidia Tegra X1, same chipset used in Shield TV. The most surprising is the retention of 4 Cortex A53 processor cores, which have no use in the Nintendo switch as they can't be operated at the same time when Cortex A57 cores are running due to the ARM big.little configuration setup.

After subsequent processing of the GPU from the Nintendo Switch, we have determined that the processor is the Nvidia Tegra T210. The T210 CPU features 4 Cortex A57 and 4 Cortex A53 processor cores and the GPU is a GM20B Maxell core.

http://techinsights.com/about-techinsights/overview/blog/nintendo-switch-teardown/

Nvidia Tegra X1 features

• 8 core CPU (4 x Cortex A57 and 4 x Cortex A53)
• GPU is a GM20B Maxell core

A comparison to Shield TV. Switch specs on the left, and Shield TV on the right. The clock speeds are reported from Eurogamer, which are very much true.

• RAM: 4GB vs 3GB
• CPU: 1Ghz vs. 2Ghz
• GPU: 3 modes:307.2Mhz/384Mhz/768Mhz vs 1Ghz

Shield TV is clocked higher initially in both CPU and GPU, but don't forget Shield TV can't keep these clock speeds up for long, it throttles down to the exact switch's dock clockspeeds. Which further supports a stock X1.

 

[linuxares]

iirc the x2 is quite a bit more of a power hog compared to the x1

Seems so. I guess Nvidia and Nintendo balanced between them and took the one with better battery life.

 

[Deleted member 388531]

Seems so. I guess Nvidia and Nintendo balanced between them and took the one with better battery life.

Not to mention the small bonfire that would be made with the X2.

 

[Yil]

Not to mention the small bonfire that would be made with the X2.

Which is why it's a arm pc that's paired with a gp106.
Seriously new shield tv have better gaming performance than x2, which is designed specifically for deep learning.

 

[Mr. Wizard]

Which is why it's a arm pc that's paired with a gp106.
Seriously new shield tv have better gaming performance than x2, which is designed specifically for deep learning.

LOL the extent of Shields "deep learning" is voice search. Nice try though.

 

[Yil]

LOL the extent of Shields "deep learning" is voice search. Nice try though.

No, x2 was desgined to be paired with gp106. Which is why they have 2 huge denver cores, barely high gpu clock and same core count, and better io. IE Drive PX2. Do some actual research.
Google voice search is a silly gimmick.

 

[Mr. Wizard]

No, x2 was desgined to be paired with gp106. Which is why they have 2 huge denver cores, barely high gpu clock and same core count, and better io. IE Drive PX2. Do some actual research.
Google voice search is a silly gimmick.

LOL again the PX2 is a custom computer for cars like Tesla that costs 15,000$ USD and you are comparing that to a shield tv and Nintendo Switch? Come on...

 

[Yil]

LOL again the PX2 is a custom computer for cars like Tesla that costs 15,000$ USD and you are comparing that to a shield tv and Nintendo Switch? Come on...

My point is x2 is not designed for gaming so stop making impossible fantasies. Hell the x1 in shield 2017 is mostly guaranteed on par if not faster if it's faster than shield 2015 by 25%.

 

[Mr. Wizard]

My point is x2 is not designed for gaming so stop making impossible fantasies. Hell the x1 in shield 2017 is mostly guaranteed on par if not faster if it's faster than shield 2015 by 25%.

Oh! I get it now.

Seriously new shield tv have better gaming performance than x2, which is designed specifically for deep learning.

Your comma threw me off, I thought you meant the shield tv was capable of deep learning lol.

 

[DrkBeam]

My point is x2 is not designed for gaming so stop making impossible fantasies. Hell the x1 in shield 2017 is mostly guaranteed on par if not faster if it's faster than shield 2015 by 25%.

Taking note it doesn't throttle anymore, there is the performance boots

 

[Yil]

Taking note it doesn't throttle anymore, there is the performance boots

Even in that case, due to Pascal's lower ipc the performance is at best 1.2 times of shield tv. If switch have 516 cores due to a previous leak, it will be 1.7 times of x2 in dock mode.

 

[amoulton]

ms have had shit loads of new and excellent games which are fun to play

Yeah we're still shooting guns but this time we're shooting them at ZOMBIES wew

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Porting Dolphin over is a difficult task. The Dolphin devs don't consider the Android port a priority, hence why it runs so poorly. And Android has a much larger userbase than Switch. Taking this into account, it's unlikely there will be a Switch port at all.

Thats... not what he was saying...

 

[Thirty3Three]

Thats... not what he was saying...

It also means NOTHING about gamecube emulation by Nintendo on the Switch (or even by the Dolphin creators...)

 

[Kioku]

It also means NOTHING about gamecube emulation by Nintendo on the Switch (or even by the Dolphin creators...)

There's literally nothing anyone that isn't involved in this field can say. Watching people guess based on hardware spec alone is mind boggling.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Thats... not what he was saying...

Who... was not saying... what...?

 

[Kioku]

Who... was not saying... what...?

William Shatner?

 

[Molina]

That's what I was thinking. I'm still curious for the actual numbers, though.

Switch-Nvidia Tv

• RAM: 4GB vs 3GB
• CPU: 1Ghz vs. 2Ghz
• GPU: 3 modes:307.2Mhz/384Mhz/768Mhz vs 1Ghz
• Internal Memory: 32G vs 16G (500G for the pro model 299$)

Well it's on OP. That's hard cold spec comparison, that way you may fell cheated in term of price/spec. But after that, there is portability (so the undercloked GPU to save battery).
I will not include software comparison to the price as you gain features and lose features in both case.
Compatibility with Nvidia devices would have been possible but it's not Nintendo style.

 

[Yil]

Switch-Nvidia Tv

• RAM: 4GB vs 3GB
• CPU: 1Ghz vs. 2Ghz
• GPU: 3 modes:307.2Mhz/384Mhz/768Mhz vs 1Ghz
• Internal Memory: 16G vs 16G (500G for the pro model 299$)

Well it's on OP. That's hard cold spec comparison, that way you may fell cheated in term of price/spec. But after that, there is portability (so the undercloked GPU to save battery).
I will not include software comparison to the price as you gain features and lose features in both case.
Compatibility with Nvidia devices would have been possible but it's not Nintendo style.

Again wait For Some benchmark after the hack.

 

[Molina]

Again wait For Some benchmark after the hack.

Numbers talk for themselves. The last infos needed are OS architecture and how it behave. And will not make me believe that nintendo will do better than Nvidia at exploiting X1 chip. And that why I said

I will not include software comparison to the price as you gain features and lose features in both case.

 

[Mr. Wizard]

Switch-Nvidia Tv

• RAM: 4GB vs 3GB
• CPU: 1Ghz vs. 2Ghz
• GPU: 3 modes:307.2Mhz/384Mhz/768Mhz vs 1Ghz
• Internal Memory: 16G vs 16G (500G for the pro model 299$)

Well it's on OP. That's hard cold spec comparison, that way you may fell cheated in term of price/spec. But after that, there is portability (so the undercloked GPU to save battery).
I will not include software comparison to the price as you gain features and lose features in both case.
Compatibility with Nvidia devices would have been possible but it's not Nintendo style.

Switch has 32GB eMMC