Nintendo still hasn’t officially revealed the hardware details behind the upcoming Switch 2, sticking to its usual tradition of downplaying tech specs in favor of the overall experience. However, it’s been confirmed that the console will be powered by an NVIDIA system-on-chip (SoC), and a recent leak adds more weight to previous rumors.
A now-deleted post from X (formerly Twitter), originally shared by user Kurnalsalts, included what appears to be an image of the chip. While the technical details weren’t disclosed, the leak identifies the SoC as the NVIDIA T239, matching speculation circulating since 2023.
Possible Switch 2 Soc Specifications
Partial Dieshots of the T239 chip found on the Switch 2 ( Shared by Kurnal )
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Since the chip in the Switch 2 is customized specifically for Nintendo, its final specs may differ from the original version. Still, rumors suggest that the SoC is based on NVIDIA’s Ampere architecture—the same used in the GeForce RTX 30 series. It’s believed to feature a GPU with 1,536 CUDA cores, 12 RT cores for ray tracing, 48 Tensor cores for AI tasks, and 8 ARM Cortex-A78C CPU cores.
This would represent a significant leap in performance, especially when compared to the SoCs in the PS4 and Xbox One, which relied on AMD’s older GCN architecture—the same used in the Radeon HD 7000, R200, and R300 series, before AMD transitioned to RDNA.
Even though the Switch 2’s chip may not match the power of something like the RTX 3050 (which has 2,560 CUDA cores, 20 RT cores, and 80 Tensor cores), it should still be capable of supporting advanced features like ray tracing and DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) for image upscaling.
This marks a major step forward for Nintendo in terms of embracing modern graphical technology—something it’s traditionally been less focused on compared to PlayStation and Xbox.
