Digital Foundry: Nintendo Switch CPU and GPU clock speeds revealed

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Shadow1980 said:

zorg1000 said:

No, it has a better CPU, over 3x as much RAM and the GPU is roughly on par with Wii U when undocked and about 2x when docked (if only looking at pure numbers which doesnt tell the whole story).

 

superchunk said:

No.

Better CPU
Better RAM
Better GPU (while slightly less flops, better capability) when portable
2.5X (or more) better GPU when docked

So it is more powerful than the Wii U when docked, but maybe only about on par with the Wii U when portable?

In any case, I'm cool with that. It may not be a generational leap, but Nintendo managed to do a lot with the Wii U's hardware despite it being totally outclassed by the PS4 & XBO. The Switch still may not even come close to the XBO, but Nintendo should still be able to make some damn impressive games for it, and let's be honest, most people will be getting the Switch to play mostly Nintendo games. And since it's a hybrid system, this technically makes it by far the most powerful handheld by a wide margin, far outclassing even the Vita. If it costs $250 and ends up having all of Nintendo's big series combined on one platform (think an Gen 8 Pokemon with Wii U-quality HD graphics), it ought to do quite well for itself. At least I hope it does.

No, it is better when portable and much better when docked. In almost every way possible, NS is better than WiiU.