Nintendo Switch 2 Specs Revealed
In a nutshell
- Major Upgrade: The Nintendo Switch 2 features a custom Nvidia T239 SoC, eight ARM Cortex A78C cores, and 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM.
- Enhanced Graphics: The GPU delivers 3.072 TFLOPs docked and 1.71 TFLOPs handheld, supporting ray tracing and DLSS.
- Developer Considerations: 9GB of RAM is available for games, compared to 3.2GB on the original Switch.
We finally have the specs of the Nintendo Switch 2, courtesy of Digital Foundry, ahead of its launch next month. A newly published video discusses the specs of the upcoming console from Nintendo and showcases its improvements over its predecessor.
The Nintendo Switch 2 is a significant upgrade over the first one. It features a custom Nvidia T239 SoC, eight ARM Cortex A78C cores, and 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM. The GPU delivers 3.072 TFLOPs docked and 1.71 TFLOPs handheld, supporting ray tracing and DLSS support.
Nintendo Switch 2 Technical Specs
Check out the chart below for the full specs:
| Specs | Switch 2 (Nvidia T239) | Switch 1 (Nvidia Tegra X1) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Architecture | 8x ARM Cortex A78C | 4x ARM Cortex A57 |
| CPU Clocks | 998MHz (docked), 1101MHz (handheld), Max 1.7GHz | 1020 MHz (docked/handheld), 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 (handheld), Max 1.4GHz | 768MHz (docked), up to 460MHz (handheld), Max 921MHz |
| Memory/Interface | 128-bit/LPDDR5 | 64-bit/LPDDR4 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 102GB/s (docked), 68GB/s (handheld) | 25.6GB/s (docked), 21.3GB/s (handheld) |
| Memory System Reservation | 3GB (9GB available for games) | 0.8GB (3.2GB available for games) |
To watch the full breakdown from the good folks at Digital Foundry, check out the video below:
What do you think of the specs of the Nintendo Switch 2?
