Switch 2 GPU vs RTX 5880 Ada Generation

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking43not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency15.00no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameAD102GA10B
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date5 January 2024 (1 year 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 cores140801536
Core clock speed975 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed2460 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors76,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)285 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate1,08267.20
Floating-point processing power69.27 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs17616
TMUs44048
Tensor Cores44048
Ray Tracing Cores11012

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 x16no data
Length267 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount48 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth864.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4aNo 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 Model6.86.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2024 5 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 285 Watt 40 Watt

RTX 5880 Ada Generation has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 612.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX 5880 Ada Generation and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a workstation graphics card while Switch 2 GPU is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation
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