GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs Switch GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated18
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data41.16
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM20BAD103
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date17 March 2017 (7 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores2569728
Core clock speed384 MHz1335 MHz
Boost clock speed768 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology20 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate12.29515.3
Floating-point processing power0.3932 TFLOPS32.98 TFLOPS
ROPs8112
TMUs16304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s576.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA5.38.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2017 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 20 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 120 Watt

Switch GPU has 700% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Switch GPU and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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