Will Nintendo's next handheld and console use Power PC like the Wii U?

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Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

zarx said:

On the topic of ARM vs x86 performance lets look at AMDs upcoming ARM Cortex A57 based low power server chip.

AMD Opteron A1100 vs. X2150
	CPU Core Configuration	CPU Frequency	SPECint_rate Estimate	SPECint per Core	Estimated TDP
AMD Opteron A1100	8 x ARM Cortex A57	>= 2GHz	80	10	25W
AMD Opteron X2150	4 x AMD Jaguar	1.9GHz	28.1	7	22W

Both the PS4 and XBOne have 8 Core Jaguar at a lower clock so that should give you an idea or the relative performance. In a few years a 8/16 Core customised ARM chip could beat the PS4/XBOne's CPUs easy. And then they could use a dual or quad core downclocked chip for the handheld.

But what about GPU which matters a whole lot more than CPU relative to gaming?

You can combine ARM and PowerPC with the same GPUs as x86. As far as I know all current video-game-consoles use Radeon. I don't see a particular reason to switch, but if someone decides to switch to Nvidia, that would involve more porting issues than switching the CPU-architecture.