Rumoured specs of the New 3DS (as compared to the regular models)

[AnthonyW86]

Tamron said:

WolfpackN64 said:

scource: http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/23907/article/rumor-new-3ds-hardware-specs-details-leaked/ and http://alwaysnintendo.com/rumor-new-nintendo-3ds-specs-leaked-codename-revealed/

So we all know the New 3DS will be more powerful than it's older brothers, so I did some digging. These 2 websites claim to know the specs of the new 3DS through dev kits.

Rumours are: triple the clock speed, double the FCRAM, same GPU and same VRAM (although many other scources also claim an extra 4 MB of VRAM)

Compared to the older models this would mean:

CPU would go from a dual ARM11 MPCore clocked at 268 Mhz and a single core ARM9 clocked at 134 Mhz ---> dual core processor clocked at 804 Mhz and a single core processor at 402 Mhz (L2 cache would be added as well)

GPU would stay the Pica200 at 268 Mhz (no real surprise, the Pica200 is plenty of powerful enough for the 3DS)

RAM: 128MB of FCRAM (fast cycle random acces memory) and 6MB of VRAM (video random acces memory) ---> 256MB of FCRAM and 6/10MB of VRAM (different rumours point to 6 or 10 MB's of VRAM)

Do note that these numbers are all speculation and that they are in no way a definitive measurement of performance.

Two things show otherwise.

1) there are no SDK updates that reflect such a large boost in speed, generally all devkits run slightly faster than retail to handle debugging overhead.
2) The fastest MPCore Arm 11 processor is the TSMC 65LP which is clocked at 427mhz - the processor is dual core.

If these sites are going to talk bull, they could at the very least google their "rumored" specs to make sure they're within feasible reality.

And besides all that, their source is a youtuber who is known to massively exaggerate, and for being an extreme fanboy (how many normal people do you know who buy FIVE of the same console, just for their own use).

The link you provided actually states it goes up to 1ghz?...