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Nuvendil on 27 June 2017
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JRPGfan said:
HintHRO said:

The Joy-cons cost $50 each for a reason. That is the same price as one Wiimote was 10 years ago. It has unnecessary technology for only one game (1,2 Switch). They had to compensate power for this and even exclude a game (who buys 1,2 Switch separate for $50 lol) from the console to make it affordable. Instead of the Tegra X1 they could've chosen the Tegra X2 which would make Switch closer to Xbox One in terms of power.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/4z80yo/nvidia_finally_revealed_tegra_parker_x2_with_more/

Tegra X2 = 1.5 Tflops (FP16) /  0,75 Tflops (FP32) (750 Gflops)

Xbox One Slim = 1.4 Tflops (FP32)

PS4pro = 8.4 Tflops (FP16) /   4.2 Tflops (FP32)

 

"Instead of the Tegra X1 they could've chosen the Tegra X2 which would make Switch closer to Xbox One in terms of power."

Closer means around half? but yeah, its closer than the Tegra X1 is.

It also uses abit more power right? anyways yeah would have been nice if Nintendo went for a Tegra x2 instead.

 

It is worth pointing out the Tegra chips both are more efficient at making use of their power than what is in the Xbox One an PS4 base models.  They also have a couple of tricks they can pull.  Still, I would say the X2 would only be around 65% to 70% in terms of real world performance, partly due to diminishing returns.  The Switch, optimumly, would probably be...45%?  It's just a matter of how well it is used.