Rumor: Nintendo Switch 2 TFLOPS and clock speed tech specs leaked

New tech specs for Nintendo Switch 2 are claimed to have made their way online that reveal the TFLOPS and clock speeds of the console.

It’s tough to nail down the actual source of where today’s numbers are coming from. The details were posted on various social channels and places such as Reddit and Famiboards, and people are taking it seriously enough to the point where it’s apparently worth considering. There’s also talk surrounding a Nintendo Switch 2 SDK leak – which could be where the numbers originate.

Here’s what’s been shared courtesy of Famiboards’ gimarsgi – keep in mind that once again, this is not official:

Power Profiles

• Handheld:
  • CPU @ 1100.8 MHz
  • GPU @ 561 MHz, 1.72 TFLOPs
  • RAM @ 2133 MHz, 68.26 GB/s
• Docked:
  • CPU @ 998.4 MHz
  • GPU @ 1007.3 MHz, 3.09 TFLOPs
  • RAM @ 3200 MHz, 102.40 GB/s

And here’s a roundup of other unconfirmed tech specs:

Tech Specs

• CPU: Arm Cortex-A78C
  • 8 cores
  • Unknown L1/L2/L3 cache sizes
• GPU @ Nvidia T239 Ampere (RTX 20 series)
  • 1 Graphics Processing Cluster (GPC)
  • 12 Streaming Multiprocessors (SM)
  • 1534 CUDA cores
  • 6 Texture Processing Clusters (TPC)
  • 48 Gen 3 Tensor cores
  • 2 RTX ray-tracing cores
• RAM: 12 GB LPDDR5, (some/all units will have LPDDR5X chips)
  • Two 6 GB chips

Over on Reddit, one comparison point for TFLOPS – which is one way of measuring power – has been the 2021-released GeForce RTX 3060 GPU. It had 12 TFLOPS, which would put Nintendo Switch 2 at a fourth of that. But looking purely at gaming consoles which probably makes more sense, the Xbox Series S comes in at 4 TFLOPS while the PS4 Pro is 4.2 TFLOPS. However, TFLOPS alone doesn’t fully tell us what Nintendo’s new device could be capable of, especially as DLSS will apparently be supported as a significant upscaling feature.

There have been so many rumors and leaks surrounding Nintendo Switch 2 over the past few months and weeks, so we may as well throw in TFLOPS to the mix. Things could finally come to a head this week though – at least partially. It’s rumored that the new system will be announced in some form on Thursday. Meanwhile, Nintendo previously confirmed an announcement for this fiscal year ending in March, so that deadline will be here sooner rather than later. 

Thanks to Jake for the tip.