Gekerwan released a new video yesterday, "The world's first Switch 2 chip! How strong is the performance?", showing players the Switch 2 motherboard for the first time, and simulated the performance of Switch 2 with a similar RTX 2050 notebook (reduced version).
The text introduction below the Geek Bay video:
"A month before the Switch 2 is launched, we actually got a Switch 2 motherboard on Xianyu in advance! Quickly remove the chip on it and grind it to reverse it, see what the CPU and GPU of the Switch 2 are, and then use FIB-SEM to measure the process. Finally, use a PC with similar specifications to simulate the performance! How strong is the Switch 2? Let's take a look..."
Geekerwan showed off a real Switch 2 motherboard and SoC. These components were removed from machines sold by Xianyu in the domestic second-hand market, which basically confirms the earlier rumors that the console could be bought at a high price before it was released.
In addition to showing off the Switch 2 motherboard, Geekerwan also conducted an in-depth analysis of its SoC:
The video mentions that the Switch 2 SoC is not only twice the area of the original Tegra X1 20nm SoC (207m2 vs. 118m2), but it is even larger than the RTX 3050 Ti mobile GPU.
The label on the chip shows that the SoC's tapping year is 2021, which also confirms the previous rumor that "the system is ready long ago."
In addition, the chip's process node is not exactly 8nm, and in some aspects it is closer to Samsung's 10nm process.
Geekerwan stressed that the Switch 2's GPU obviously uses an Ampere architecture design, and although it seems to be closer to the Ada Lovelace architecture, the layout is unique.
The video confirms that the Switch 2 GPU has 6 TPCs (texture processing clusters), each TPC contains 2 SMs (stream processor groups), a total of 1536 CUDA cores. This design is common in mid-range and mobile versions of Turing and Ampere architectures.
Geek Bay passed the simulation test to Switch 2 as follows:
3DMark:
Switch 2 base mode: 2284 points, equivalent to 1050Ti with DLSS mode
Switch 2 handheld mode: 1340 points, 750Ti level
Comparison of the performance of Switch 2 dock mode and handheld mode with current mainstream graphics cards and mobile GPUs:
Switch 2 dock mode
GPU performance is stronger than Apple's A18 Pro, but not as good as Snapdragon 8 Supreme Edition and R7 8845H integrated graphics, and is even worse than XSS.
Compared with PS5 and RTX 3060: PS5 GPU performance is 4.3 times that of NS2, and RTX 3060 is 4 times that of NS2.
Switch 2 handheld mode
GPU performance is not as good as Steam Deck, but exceeds PS4, between Snapdragon 8Gen 2 and 8Gen 3
Compared with Switch 1, it really improves "huge":
The base mode has increased by 7 times and the handheld mode has increased by 7.5 times, but it still has not reached the "10 times performance improvement" promoted by Lao Huang.
Simulate Switch 2 dock mode to play "Cyberpunk 2077", the game is set to 1080P, low picture quality, quality DLSS
Simulate Switch 2 handheld mode to play "Cyberpunk 2077", the game is set to 720P, low picture quality, and performance DLSS
Switch 2 CPU performance:
Comparison of Switch 2 motherboard and 1st generation host:
Switch 2 motherboard accessories specifications:
