The X1 has a slightly higher clockspeed

Wow. I have a stock 8350 and people in the PC space generally love to crap on the FX line. Amazing how all these consoles fall so short in that regard.

JRPGfan said: JEMC said: I honestly hoped for a much better CPU . I guess they have gone with a similar configuration than PS4/X1, but using the newer Puma cores instead of the Jaguar that power the other consoles. Why? You want balance. *snips*

I completely agree, and share, all you said. But I was thinking about the "supplemental computing device" patent that we saw late last year (see here).

If Nintendo actually launches an upgradeable console, the easiest way to do it is with a supplemental graphics card on its own external enclosure and connected to the console through a high bandwidth connector like Thunderbolt or maybe USB-Type C.

The problem with that approach is that the original console needs to have a beefier than usual CPU to not become a bottleneck once the new card is connected, and since the NX processor seems to be weak, I don't think Nintendo will be able to use that patent.

Of course, Nintendo could add another CPU in that "supplemental computing device" or even put a full NX system in that box to theoretically double the performance and resources (like RAM and storage), but if they have to do all that, it should probably better to launch a completely new console.

If the NEX rumor is true I'll be more than pleased https://www.reddit.com/r/Nintendo_NX/comments/4cyr2t/details_regarding_nx_console_nx_ue4_dev/

30% more powerful cpu (Guessing Puma+) and 50% more gpu, is decent for a MID-GEN approach. It certainly beats the shit out of Wii U, which was super late and aside from modern tech not clearly better than PS360 regarding power.

These however are the vanilla, yet reassuring leaks. We want Nintendo to be able, HW wise, to receive the 3rd party games, now we need to see the hook of NX.

If true, I'll be disappointed - unless the NX can boost its power some other way, which certain patents have suggested. Or if the NX is a handheld, I'll be more than pleased with that CPU

Not exactly same thing, Wii U was released 6 years after PS3 and 7 years after Xbox360, NX will be released 3 years after X1/PS4.

Now that the NX is going to have better graphics than the allmigthy ps4; it seems the cpu of this king of consoles was bad to begin with.

Fake. Pretty sure it was already stated before that Nintendo wasn't looking to beat XB1 or PS4, only get within port-throwing distance.

If I remember correctly, the "leaks" said that NX wouldn't compete with PS4. If NX has a 30% more powerful CPU and a 50% more powerful GPU, does compete with PS4 in terms of power?

Also, that would explain why ports would be easier to develop for NX, 3rd parties wouldn't need to work hard to optimize the PS4 code to make their games run on NX.

Please note that this is all based on this leak, which I treat as nothing more than pure speculation.

Double it or GTF Nintendo!

I joke, but I ran here all excited only to see the margin of increase is quite negligable. Dissapointing if this is real but in the back of our head we all know Nintendo is putting at least $50 of the systems production cost into some kind of gimmick. If they're simply going to join the generation it would be nice they could be like every game that runs on PS4 1080p, 30fps runs here at 1080p, 60fps.