How Will be Switch 2 Performance Wise?

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Basically consistent with what we expected. Half-tier above base PS4 and half-tier below Series S. 

Series S performance is 1.7 times simulated Switch 2's. 

Simulated Switch 2's performance is 1.8 times PS4's. 

Series S performance is 3.11 times PS4's. 

Handheld mode is roughly Steam Deck level, but DLSS will be a big boon for image quality. 

The caveats being:

1. this is simulating Switch 2. CPU, memory hierarchy, etc can make a Switch 2 and RTX 2050 with the same theoretical performance, perform differently. Isn't clear which would have an advantage where. 

2. Synthetic benchmarks perform very differently from real games. Still, Steel Nomad Light seems to roughly correspond with the average modern game on low settings. 

Edit: Caveats also apply to the Series S and PS4 equivalents. A RX 6600 isn't quite a Series S in terms of memory hierarchy, and likewise for an HD7870 (drivers start becoming an issue for this old GPU.) 

Last edited by sc94597 - on 07 May 2025