How Will be Switch 2 Performance Wise?

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Jumpin said:

sc94597 said:

More like an OG Rog Ally Z1E (or slightly better than that) in terms of performance than an OG Steam Deck. 

For example, Elden Ring seems to have a variable 30fps+ framerate at a native 1080p, given Digital Foundry's analysis. 

The Steam Deck gets those same frame rates at about sub-800p. So we're looking at about 1.5-1.7 times the Steam Deck in docked mode. 

That's before any DLSS gains. 

Handheld mode is a lot closer to the Steam Deck in performance. 

I could be wrong, but doesn't the Steam Deck use an X86? If that's the case, it likely runs hotter and uses more energy than the Switch 2.

The Zen 2 APU in the Steam Deck is pretty efficient on the CPU end (not as efficient as an ARM chip but very efficient for x86 overall), but AMD is behind Nvidia on the GPU end of things when it comes to efficiency, and this was even more true for that generation. 

What we see with the Steam Deck is that its peak efficiency is when the GPU runs at 1200Mhz. It retains 80% of its performance at that clock rate as its max performance while using nearly half the power as it does at its max clock -- 1600Mhz. 

The Switch 2's architecture opts for a much wider, lower clocked design, and also probably caps closer to the max efficient clock for its SM count. 

So yeah, the Switch 2 is probably much cooler than the Steam Deck when it comes to their max clocks, but the Steam Deck can be pretty efficient if you clock it lower than its max, while still retaining a lot of its performance (80% of peak.) 

Last edited by sc94597 - on 03 April 2025