The next Nintendo console could be coming at 4 TFLOPs of power when connected to its dock and, consequently, to a power source. YouTubers Moore’s Law is Dead and The Phawks revealed this during the latest episode of the Broken Silicon podcast. The result, which would put the console on a par with the Xbox Series S in terms of computing capacity, would have been achieved by bringing the frequencies of the Nintendo Switch 2 SoC to higher levels than expected.
On the other hand, the frequencies in portable mode could drop considerably – even slipping below 800 MHz – to guarantee high autonomy, low temperatures and low noise at the same time. According to previous rumors, the console’s power will be halved when it is not connected to the dock.
The podcast also talked about Switch 2’s ray tracing capabilities which – according to the two YouTubers – will be exploited above all with first party Nintendo games. And this is due to the need for more optimization work. Third party developers will instead rely mainly on the combination of rasterization and DLSS in search of the best compromise between visual quality and performance.
In this case, however, we are talking about speculation. Instead, the result of direct contact with the console are details that have recently emerged regarding larger dimensions than those of the current model, new Joy Cons equipped with exclusively magnetic attachment, support for the cartridges of the first Switch, new support, 8-inch screen with 1080p resolution and support for 4K.
