| sc94597 said: It really comes down to whether or not the leaked clocks are correct at this point. Docked clocks seem to be what we'd expect given that it is indeed 8N (8LPP/10LPE hybrid.) I am leaning toward the TDP being somewhat higher than Switch 1, though. The handheld clocks seem ambitious, but Nvidia could've possibly improved low-power efficiency even without a die-shrink. If it were just a cut T234 (reduced core counts and down-clocked, without changing the actual chip), we'd expect a very low clock-rate given what we know about Orin T234, but more was changed than that and we have no idea what the power curve looks like now. 2 hours battery life @561Mhz doesn't seem unreasonable if they were to get more power-efficiency at lower clocks than T234. I was wrong about the 16WH for the Switch 2 that I posted in an earlier post. Apparently it is 19.3Wh.* That means the Switch 2 can average around 9.7W total power in handheld mode to last exactly 2 hours. Moderately more achievable than the original 8W I was thinking. "However, the new console's battery capacity translates to around 19.3 Wh up against an equivalent 40 Wh in the original Steam Deck and 50 Wh in the OLED model. With Nintendo promising a minimum two hours of battery life for Switch 2, that means that all functions of the handheld will consume 10 watts." Edit: |
I was using the performance figures from that video regarding Gflops and also don't forget the screen will take half the power. However we are both agreed about less than 10W in total per hour. I guess at this point it is who makes the best guess of how much power the larger screen with a 120Hz mode takes. I feel like half that 10W would be fair. Obviously there are other minor devices taking power like the sound amplifier, wifi etc. I'm still unsure if the board featured in the video was a development board or retail though or maybe they are the same. I don't believe this is the conclusive video on spec for sure and would prefer a known retail model to be examined. However I think we are moving much nearer to a realistic spec now. I certainly was not expecting the chip to end up having mainly 10Nm fabrication surely a severe cost cutting measure. As always Nintendo keeps their hardware interesting even if its for the wrong reasons. I still think Nintendo hardware and software pricing is unfair but have learnt from past experiences where it was me that was unrealistic about sales. I predicted the wii would not sell well just being a regurgitated Gamecube with a new controller system but how wrong I was. I've had more luck with predicting hardware performance than sales figures. However the world is a really different place at the moment with disposable income reducing in many countries. As ever if you are interested in the gaming industry its interesting to watch how Nintendo fares and reacts to the challenges of getting a new console to succeed.
