The Nintendo Switch 2 threatens to disappoint in terms of performance, according to a leaked piece of information posted on Reddit. The manufacturer has reportedly based the console on a somewhat older hardware platform. This choice is likely due to logistical issues stemming from the global coronavirus pandemic.
Will the Nintendo Switch 2 disappoint fans in terms of performance and performance? This is in any case the scenario feared by players, after the discovery of console motherboards on Xianyu, the Chinese equivalent of eBay. And especially benchmarks carried out by the YouTuber Geekerwan and the in-depth analysis of the results by the site Centro LEAKS.
Switch 2 performance:
A simulated benchmark performed on a PC with the closest specs to Switch 2 shows that the GPU in docked mode is pretty good, similar to a GTX 1050 Ti. In portable mode, it's on par with PS4.
However the CPU is pretty weak, considerably less than Steamdeck. pic.twitter.com/9Qmw4rTacM
— Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks) May 7, 2025
The Nintendo Switch 2 seems to be based on a somewhat dated hardware platform
By analyzing the motherboard, it seems first of all that the Nintendo Switch 2 does indeed have a somewhat old chip, released in 2021. A choice that may seem surprising, but which undoubtedly stems from the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on the supply chain of many manufacturers.
The chip in question contains the bulk of this that powers the console, including its GPU and CPU, which gives a taste of the discoveries made during the benchmarks. On the graphics side, we would thus be on figures similar to those of Nvidia RTX 1050 cards. With figures necessarily lower when the console is in portable mode.
Nothing entirely prohibitive, since we are still talking about something close to what the PS4 offers, at least staying strictly on the GPU part. On the other hand, the discoveries on the CPU side constitute a major disappointment a priori. The performance seems particularly weak, on the order of that of the Steam Deck released in 2022.
For most games, it is obviously above all what the GPU can do that matters. But the CPU also plays a major role, particularly in real-time strategy games and other genres that rely less on parallel computing. Of course, we emphasize that this preliminary information should be taken with a grain of salt, since only independent tests will be able to confirm or deny these figures.
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