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EricHiggin on 21 September 2024
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Pemalite said:
EricHiggin said:

XBSS uses around 75w when gaming, and the SOC is 7nm.

Switch 2 docked maybe 25w possibly, and the SOC is supposedly 8nm. (Switch docked is around 12w I believe)

Switch 2 will have newer tech and features like DLSS, but it's not going to get super close to XBSS. It won't exactly be way far behind either though.

Switch 2 at $500 however, assuming that's legit and not mostly greedy profits, should get you in the XBSS ballpark in docked mode.

Keep in mind the Series S released almost 4 years ago.
It's built at TSMC 7nm.

Tegra Ampere started to sample in 2021, which is 3 years ago.
It's built at Samsung 8nm... Which is basically a tweaked/enhanced 10nm process.

The AMD CPU -will- be more potent in regards to performance per/watt.
nVidia is a few generations ahead of AMD on the GPU side of the equation which will help erode any advantages for the Series S GPU.

Yes, correct.

That post was more about graphics, which seems to be the bigger focus for most who are curious. Switch 2 should probably end up deemed satisfactory by most when it comes to it's GPU, but won't be as performant when it comes to its CPU, and will likely leave a little to be desired.

It would be kinda similar to XB1 or PS4 in that way. The GPU's were reasonably adequate (PS4 more so than XB1), but their CPU's didn't wow gamers. Now that was less of a choice and pretty much all AMD could offer SNY and MS at the time with their Jaguar cores, which is why we don't have that problem this gen due to AMD's huge leap with their (Ry)Zen cores.

This is why I placed Switch 2 between PS4 and PS4 Pro in my other post here earlier (below). That's my guess based on everything, not just GPU.

EricHiggin said:

Where I would guess Switch 2 ends up slotting into the mix overall:

Switch
XB1
PS4
Switch 2
PS4 Pro
XB1X & XBSS
PS5 & XBSX
PS5 Pro