Switch 2 GPU vs GeForce RTX 5070

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking19not rated
Place by popularity22not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation74.48no data
Power efficiency20.86no data
ArchitectureBlackwell 2.0 (2025)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameGB205GA10B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 March 2025 (less than a year ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 $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 cores61441536
Core clock speed2325 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed2512 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors31,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate482.367.20
Floating-point processing power30.87 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs8016
TMUs19248
Tensor Cores19248
Ray Tracing Cores4812

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 5.0 x16no data
Length245 mm272 mm
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-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 typeGDDR7LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s102.4 GB/s
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 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1bNo 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
Vulkan1.41.3
CUDA10.18.6
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 March 2025 5 June 2025
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 40 Watt

RTX 5070 has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and 525% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 5070 and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

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