Nintendo Switch 2 vs. Xbox Series S vs. Asus ROG: Specs

A surprise T254 rumour limits Nintendo Switch 2 specs to Xbox Series S and Asus ROG Ally performance

A larger acceptable set of purported Nintendo Switch 2 characteristics was only recently published on social media, and its appearance came at the perfect moment to debunk an exaggerated claim that had been made elsewhere on social media more recently.

The later comprises T254 supposition that was likely sparked by perceived disappointment in the Switch 2 likely coming with the T239 chip, whilst the earlier specs have been labelled the “most accurate” by the individual who initially put them on the internet.

Ever since the Nintendo Switch 2 was said to have had a tech demo at Gamescom, speculation around the console has not ceased. Now, there have been two further leaks concerning the next-generation hybrid gadget, and one of them seems to be legitimate. Previously, there had only been one leak.

One of them, which comes from Paul Eccleston of RedGamingTech and is significantly less optimistic than his previous purported Switch 2 specs leak, is substantially more conservative, while the other has been simply ignored as “fan fiction” by many individuals who have seen the pretty extensive data. Both of these rumours originate from the same source, who is Paul Eccleston of RedGamingTech.

This article, which was unfortunately first posted on 4chan and then generated a little bit of a stir on Reddit, makes a number of key statements, beginning with the latter of the two. A concise explanation is all that is required when one is considering the source of the information, and it is as follows: The person who first posted this hypothesis claims that the T239 chip for the Nintendo Switch 2 is no longer being manufactured and that a another chip, the T254, will be used in its place.

There are claims that the central processing unit (CPU) is a shrunken version of Nvidia’s abandoned Atlan system-on-chip (SoC), and as a consequence, it integrates the GPU expertise of Ada Lovelace. This speculation also claims that the Nintendo Switch 2 will include an NVMe solid-state drive as its default storage option when it launches later this year. (The full text of the T254 leak has been made available for anyone who are interested in reading it; it can be found down below the sources.)

Naturally, speculations regarding forthcoming goods like the Nintendo Switch 2 attract “leaks,” which are instances in which the rumormongers either overstate their claims or put in a lot of effort to come up with designs and images that appear realistic to back their allegations. However, in this specific situation, Nintendo’s stated intention to keep unit pricing low and lengthen battery life is in direct conflict with the enormous leak that has occurred.

This is due to the fact that eMMC storage is far more power-efficient than NVMe SSD storage, in addition to being significantly more affordable. The more understated characteristics of Eccleston’s Switch 2 include eMMC storage, the options for which vary from 256 gigabytes to 512 gigabytes in configuration size. Including even just this one piece of information lends credence to the assertion made by the source that his most current list of prerequisites is “most likely correct.”

The presenter further updates his earlier prediction on the Switch 2 chip by speculating that the CPU part would be taken care of by eight Cortex-A78 cores, and that the GPU half will consist of 12 streaming multiprocessors using Ampere architecture (but perhaps some Ada Lovelace magic as well). Both of these hypotheses are based on the assumption that the Switch 2 chip will be manufactured by Nvidia.

RAM is delivered in the form of a dependable 12 gigabytes of LPDDR5, and the mixing of clocks provided (see picture below) still suggests a significant improvement for the next-generation Switch in comparison to the first Switch. In point of fact, the potential of the successor is once again equivalent to that of the Xbox Series S when it is docked. On the other hand, the performance of the successor when it is not docked comes startlingly close to that of an Asus ROG Ally.

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