Switch 2 GPU vs GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking38not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency40.88no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameAD104GA10B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 January 2023 (2 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

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 cores74241536
Core clock speed1290 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed1665 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors35,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate386.367.20
Floating-point processing power24.72 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs8016
TMUs23248
Tensor Cores23248
Ray Tracing Cores5812

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Lengthno data272 mm

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 amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth432.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

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 Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2023 5 June 2025
Chip lithography 4 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 40 Watt

RTX 4080 Mobile has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 175% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Switch 2 GPU is a desktop one.

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