Switch 2 GPU vs Radeon RX 470

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking298not rated
Place by popularity53not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation15.51no data
Power efficiency12.14no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameEllesmereGA10B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 $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 cores20481536
Core clock speed926 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate154.467.20
Floating-point processing power4.94 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12848
Tensor Coresno data48
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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 3.0 x16no data
Length241 mm272 mm
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 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, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 August 2016 5 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 40 Watt

Switch 2 GPU has an age advantage of 8 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 470 and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

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