More information has been revealed regarding the performance of the Nintendo Switch. According to a report based on information provided by sources familiar with the console, the Nintendo Switch, with 1 teraflop of processing power, may be less powerful than the PlayStation 4.
Though Nintendo has shown how the Switch works and what it looks like, they still have not provided enough details. After the Nintendo Switch was revealed, it was also confirmed that the console uses a custom Nvidia Tegra chipset but not much else is known.
According to technology website VentureBeat, although Nintendo has not provided more details about the specifications of the Switch, sources with inside knowledge have provided more information on what performance to expect from Nintendo's console. A report stated the Nintendo Switch is less powerful than the PlayStation 4 because two sources have confirmed that the Switch uses Nvidia's previous generation Maxwell graphics processing architecture instead of Nvidia's latest Pascal architecture for its custom Tegra chip.
Gaming website GameSpot reported that the custom Maxwell Tegra chip will reportedly have more than 1 teraflop of processing power. This is under the performance of the original Xbox One which has 1.3 teraflops of processing power and original PS4 which has 1.8 teraflops. Project Scorpio will have 6 teraflops of performance while the PS4 Pro will have 4.2 teraflops.
The custom Maxwell Tegra chip, which uses a 20nm fabrication process instead of the 16nm process used in Pascal chips, still has the performance to play games that emphasize gameplay over graphics such as the games of Nintendo. Gamers should not expect Nintendo Switch games to reach the detail of graphics intensive games of the PS4.
According to gaming website Destructoid, the reason why Nintendo decided to use a Tegra chip based on Maxwell architecture instead of the Pascal architecture is because they could not wait for Nvidia to have their Pascal chips ready for production. They chose Nvidia's existing architecture instead of waiting for the next generation architecture so that they could release the Nintendo Switch as early as possible.
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