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.

 

[Dork]

Why not call for them to go third party then?

you say it as if its likely, nintendo is a very stubborn japanese company. they love to produce an abundance of proprietary hardware and accessories and sell it for a premium to (or atleast try to) profit off of hardware alone. it's no coincidence switch pro controllers and joy cons are fucking 80 dollars and they are selling charging grips alongside normal grips as an additional cost

it's all fucking annoying and its a huge money sink, but nintendo just happens to make really good games sometimes and their controllers feel good so that's why i buy their stupid shit

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Hey, they even went further with the New 3DS. Basically no exclusive games but SNES VC.

That's an excellent point you've just made but did anyone really buy a New 3DS for that? Maybe 3-5 people at most. The rest got it for being the newest and strongest 3DS model.

 

[Deleted User]

Well this confirms that there definitely won't be a Gamecube VC on the Switch.

Really? quick question how the crap did they manage to get a giant game like zelda breath of the wild. HINT:they adapt it to work with system hardware. So no there could be gamecube vc.

 

[71r3n]

Really? quick question how the crap did they manage to get a giant game like zelda breath of the wild. HINT:they adapt it to work with system hardware. So no there could be gamecube vc.

Sure, they could. But they propably will not. Just think about how much it will cost.
And you have to do it for every game.
Not like Microsofts actual somehow "magical" x86-emulation on ARM. ^^

 

[DaniPoo]

I know that nintendo made a claim that this is a homeconsole, I know that everyone wanted this to be a homeconsole.
But this is not a homeconsole.. It is not even a handheld, it's a hybrid.. That is what Nintendo's vision was. (a bit of both)

Because it is a hybrid console it can not really be compared to anything except for maybe a smaller tablet which has a similar form-factor.

I don't understand whats the big deal here.. Do people always have to compare everything to something?
Does a product have to beat another product in an already estblished area to be successful?
I don't think so..
The Smartphone is a relatively new form-factor and it wasnt neccesarily better suited for calling,
But it made other things possible that the traditional mobile phone did not do very well.

I you think of a hybrid as a new form-factor then it makes a little more sense when you look at the speccs.

 

[Zense]

The successor of X1, which is X2 uses 16nm. There's no mobile version of it yet, it's being used in cars.

Automobile?

 

[the_randomizer]

Here's the real burning question, what does this all matter in the grand scheme of things? What good does comparing and pointing this out do? Absolutely jack shit, that's what.

 

[Xzi]

I know that nintendo made a claimed that this is a homeconsole, I know that everyone wanted this to be a homeconsole.

Shield TV is a home console. N64 is a home console. Amount of power does not dictate that. Essentially they can call it whatever they want.

 

[digipimp75]

Nintendo really need to come out and clarify now before devs are driven away.

They won't. They'll just sit in their ivory towers, counting their money and laughing at all us consumers who were dumb enough to fall for their b.s. lies.... again.

 

[Deleted User]

what bs lies? They didn't really lie. it was going to be a handheld console hybrid.

 

[chartube12]

Isn't there just one type of X1 available?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra#Tegra_K1

Are you confusing with K1, which the Nvidia tablet had?

The successor of X1, which is X2 uses 16nm. There's no mobile version of it yet, it's being used in cars.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/d...-boosts-handheld-switch-clocks-by-25-per-cent

Look at the imagines. The switch's x1 and the shield's x1 are labeled differently. Plus the clock speeds and power usage are different between the two. The Nintendo Switch's x1 are different. How different we don't know.

 

[the_randomizer]

They won't. They'll just sit in their ivory towers, counting their money and laughing at all us consumers who were dumb enough to fall for their b.s. lies.... again.

Remember, Nintendo tells lies, Microsoft and Sony have never told lies and never deceived people either. Gotcha.

It's almost as if businesses make money or something.

 

[Xzi]

They won't. They'll just sit in their ivory towers, counting their money and laughing at all us consumers who were dumb enough to fall for their b.s. lies.... again.

I mean, you can be as angry or sad about it as you want, but Nintendo never listed detailed specs, so they never actually lied about Switch's capabilities. People assumed things like crazy, of course, but ultimately everyone who bought it made that decision based on witnessing what it can do, not based on the specs behind that.

 

[GerbilSoft]

Remember, Nintendo tells lies, Microsoft and Sony have never told lies and never deceived people either. Gotcha.

It's almost as if businesses make money or something.

In fact, if you have Windows 10, you can play Xbox games right on your PC!*

*except not really

 

[heartgold]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/d...-boosts-handheld-switch-clocks-by-25-per-cent

Look at the imagines. The switch's x1 and the shield's x1 are labeled differently. Plus the clock speeds and power usage are different between the two. The Nintendo Switch's x1 are different. How different we don't know.

The difference between the two are, Switch clocks are downclocked to avoid throttling, otherwise it's the same.

 

[netovsk]

They won't. They'll just sit in their ivory towers, counting their money and laughing at all us consumers who were dumb enough to fall for their b.s. lies.... again.

Which BS lies? Isn't Nintendo going to release their games solely for switch? This is what is all about. Isn't that the selling point of PS4? Exclusives? If not for them, Xbox One would be just better as it kept receiving new features and is more customer friendly than sony by now.


Exclusives, that's what this is about.

 

[Yil]

Isn't there just one type of X1 available?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra#Tegra_K1

Are you confusing with K1, which the Nvidia tablet had?

The successor of X1, which is X2 uses 16nm. There's no mobile version of it yet, it's being used in cars.

The chip in shield tv 2017, and the unit itself, is considerably more compact using a new set of chips produced in 2016. The pin setup was different with the teardown, which means using a different method of production and that the entire 20nm is no longer in use. I had never seen that colored x-ray scan in comparison and jetspn tx1 was around for the time which Nvidia sadly screwed up my order.

 

[DaniPoo]

Shield TV is a home console. N64 is a home console. Amount of power does not dictate that. Essentially they can call it whatever they want.

Well I agree that the compute-units does not dictate the form-factor.
But the dessign and hardware features does.

The switch has all the features of a handheld and would probably do very good as just a handheld (except the battery life)
But it also have a similar homeconsole experience to the Wii U. That is actually quite impressive.

 

[Gamefreakjf11]

Not surprised, its minimal effort. Slap a nintendo logo on anything and it sells (looking at you mobile games)

you say this as if other modern consoles don't use rebranded pc gpus. fun fact, most consoles use hardware made by other companies :^)

 

[Xzi]

Well I agree that the compute-units does not dictate the form-factor.
But the dessign and hardware features does.

The switch has all the features of a handheld and would probably do very good as just a handheld (except the battery life)
But it also have a similar homeconsole experience to the Wii U. That is actually quite impressive.

I agree that in practice it's a hybrid console, but for the purposes of marketing it's best to keep things simple and call it a home console. Otherwise you can easily end up confusing the masses and end up with another Wii U situation. When your average person hears "hybrid," they probably start thinking about Android and iPhone games rather than full console games.