Switch 2 GPU vs UHD Graphics 710 Mobile
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.2 (2022−2023) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Raptor Lake GT1 | GA10B |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 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 cores | 128 | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 561 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1450 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 40 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 11.60 | 67.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3712 TFLOPS | 4.301 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | 48 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 48 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 12 |
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).
| Interface | Ring Bus | no data |
| Length | no data | 272 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 type | System Shared | LPDDR5X |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 102.4 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 January 2023 | 5 June 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 40 Watt |
UHD Graphics 710 Mobile has 166.7% lower power consumption.
Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 710 Mobile and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that UHD Graphics 710 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Switch 2 GPU is a desktop one.
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