| haxxiy said: Switch 2 games will find a fairly similar backend, but on a worse node and a GPU with a lower transistor count. The real question is whether the undocked version will consume more power to compensate for these and surpass the iPhone 15 Pro's in-game capabilities. The OG Switch, after all, probably runs games a little better than the iPhone X, but Apple has made huge strides in their hardware since. |
On the other-hand, iPhones like all smartphones tend to thermal throttle because they're passively cooled.
So even though one would expect about a 20% improvement in performance for 3nm vs. 5nm on the same chipset, and the iPhone's CPU is better, the active cooling for the Switch 2 probably could make up for it in terms of frame-time stability and general performance. Plus as you noted, it could probably pull a few more watts (3W for iPhone, maybe 5W for the chipset with Switch 2, more if it is bigger and houses a larger battery.)
