Switch 2 GPU vs GeForce RTX 4060

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking79not rated
Place by popularity1not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation94.57no data
Power efficiency30.81no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameAD107GA10B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 May 2023 (2 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores30721536
Core clock speed1830 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed2460 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors18,900 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate236.267.20
Floating-point processing power15.11 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs9648
Tensor Cores9648
Ray Tracing Cores2412

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no data
Length240 mm272 mm
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2125 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth272.0 GB/s102.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data
Resizable BAR++

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.86.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 May 2023 5 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 40 Watt

RTX 4060 has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 187.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4060 and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

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