Nintendo reveals Switch specifications - but keeps CPU details a secret

Nintendo refuses to reveal details of the new console's custom Nvidia Tegra microprocessor

Two weeks after unveiling its new Switch console, Nintendo has finally revealed almost all of the specifications for the new console - but still hasn't revealed full details of the Switch console's CPU.

In a new page its UK website, Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch console will measure 102mm x 239mm x 13.9mm with the Joy-Cons attached, and will tip the scales at 297g or 398g depending on whether or not the controllers are tacked on.

Video output is will be 1920x1080 at 60-frames-per-second while plugged-in to a conventional television, while the built-in 6.2in capacitive LCD touchscreen display offers 720p resolution.

It's also confirmed that the Nintendo Switch will be compatible with microSD, microSDHC and microSDXC memory cards for expanding the console's paltry 32GB onboard storage, and that it'll pack a non-removable 4,310mAh battery that will take three hours to charge from empty to full. This will get you between three to six hours of battery life, depending on what game you're playing.

Nintendo doesn't detail what else you'll find under the hood, though, saying nothing but the fact that the Switch comes with a customised Nvidia Tegra processor.

While Nintendo is keeping quiet, multiple sources claim that the Switch will run on a chip similar to what is inside Nvidia's Shield hybrid video game console, which is based on the company's last-generation Maxwell architecture - and is also much cheaper.

Eurogamer claims to have more information about the Nintendo Switch's internals, and claims that the custom Nvidia chip comprises four ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at a max of 2GHz and paired with 4GB RAM, while the baked-in GPU will feature 256 CUDA cores.

Pre-orders for the console have already kicked off in the UK over at Amazon and Game. The console has been slapped with a £280 price tag and will start shipping on 3 March.