Switch 2 GPU vs ROG Ally Extreme GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRDNA 3.0 (2022−2025)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code namePhoenixGA10B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 June 2023 (2 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $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 cores7681536
Core clock speed1500 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed2700 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors25,390 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate129.667.20
Floating-point processing power8.294 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs4848
Tensor Coresno data48
Ray Tracing Cores1212

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).

Length280 mm272 mm
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeLPDDR5LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 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 USB Type-CNo 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
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 June 2023 5 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 4 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 40 Watt

ROG Ally Extreme GPU has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between ROG Ally Extreme GPU and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

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