Menu Home News Hardware Gaming Mobile Finance Deals Reviews How To Wccftech HardwareLeak NVIDIA’s Tegra239 SoC Is “Confirmed” To Be Present In Nintendo’s Switch 2; Chip Shot Surface For The First Time Muhammad Zuhair • Apr 23, 2025 at 11:38am EDT It looks like Nintendo's Switch 2 did contain NVIDIA's magic, similar to its previous-gen counterpart, as the chip gets pictured online for the first time. NVIDIA's Tegra239 Chip Indeed Powers Up Nintendo Switch 2; Features An ARM-Based Architecture With Decent Performance With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, we learned about the device's capabilities, such as the 4K 60 FPS output with the docking station, but we didn't get much information about which chip powers the device. We do know that Nintendo is in an agreement with NVIDIA to utilize its custom-made Tegra SoCs, which leads us to speculate that the device would feature the next-gen Tegra239 chip. And now, this has been confirmed, as @Kurnalsalts has shared a chip shot which appears to be of NVIDIA's Tegra239 chip, labelled as "T239". The post doesn't provide any other information, so we would likely have to rely on previous information when it comes to the specifications of the SoC. Based on what we know, the chip is said to feature eight Arm Cortex-A78C cores, a hybrid GPU featuring Ada Lovelace and Ampere elements, and 1536 CUDA cores. The CPU speed is estimated to be at 1.1 GHz to 1.5 GHz, with the varying figures accounting for speeds in docking mode. Along with this, we are looking at a 128-bit memory interface, featuring the LPDDR5 technology. Interestingly, the details around Tegra239 are pretty slim, so we cannot go much into the specifics, but we do know that the SoC supports DLSS upscaling technology, which contributes significantly to the performance of the console. For a quick rundown on specifications, you can take a look at our post here, where we have discussed the device in detail. With the Tegra239 chip, NVIDIA has shown that its custom ASIC ambitions are still high, and that in partnership with ARM, Team Green still has exclusivity maintained with Nintendo Switch. The bigger question here lies in when NVIDIA will unveil its chip for the AI PC market, which has been speculated to happen since last year. It was claimed that Team Green would partner up with MediaTek to release an ARM-focused SoC, likely called the N1X and N1 series, but there's no update on them for now. Products mentioned Nintendo Switch USD 299 Buy from Amazon Subscribe to get an everyday digest of the latest technology news in your inbox Follow us on Topics Sections Company Some posts on wccftech.com may contain affiliate links. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com © 2025 WCCF TECH INC. 700 - 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada