Wii GPU and Switch GPU - video card comparison
Wii GPU
Switch GPU
Architecture
R500 (2005−2007)
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name
Hollywood
GM20B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2006
March 2017
Interface
IGP
IGP
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
-
768 MHz
Core clock speed
243 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
20 nm
Number of transistors
107 million
2,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
256
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
15 Watt
Texture fill rate
0.97
12.29
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR4
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
4 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
486 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
3.888 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
N/A
12 (12_1)
CUDA
-
5.3
OpenCL
N/A
1.2
OpenGL
N/A
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126