How Will be Switch 2 Performance Wise?

[Chrkeller]

sc94597 said:

Soundwave said:

XBox Series S Vs. Switch 2

The outdoor lighting has different lighting depending on the time of day so that doesn't always track 1:1 ... but wow. This is seriously impressive for a portable console that can be thrown into your coat pocket. 

This is night and day better than things like The Witcher 3 port on Switch 1 versus XBox One. 

Raytracing is going through a few more passes on Series S than Switch 2. Switch 2 looks a lot darker in areas because of less temporal accumulation. You can also see it in the eyes of characters. Also more noise in shadows on Switch 2. And of course a moderate reduction in geometric/mesh complexity on Switch 2. Otherwise they're pretty close. 

Seems like a fair assessment.  Docked the resolution seems fair.  Based on a few videos I watched, handheld and the resolution is definitely rough.  

Behind the Seris S, and of course ps5, but for a handheld quite punchy.  But all that was largely expected.  For a handheld the S2 is really good.  

Edit

Lighting jumps out to me as the biggest difference between the two versions.

Not sure on the exact technical terms but there seems to be a difference in volumetric effects as well.  Stuff like fog and haze.  

But definitely very playable.  

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 03 September 2025