Switch 2 emulation on integrated GPUs and handhelds

Every device class we track, with an honest status, the specs that matter for emulation and a starting point for settings. Only the Arc 140T laptop has been measured.

Integrated GPUs

Core Ultra 200H laptops (Arrow Lake-H)

Intel Arc 140T

14.75 → 22.83 game fps in Hyrule Field (GM=11, frame generation off).

Tested

Core Ultra 200V laptops and handhelds (Lunar Lake)

Intel Arc 140V

Third-party report: 22–24 fps in gameplay, on another build.

Community reports

Ryzen 7040/8040 laptops; Z1 Extreme and Z2 handhelds

AMD Radeon 780M

RDNA 3, 12 CUs (also in Z1 Extreme and Z2). No reports yet.

Untested

Ryzen AI 300 laptops; Z2 Extreme handhelds

AMD Radeon 890M

Third-party report: about 30 fps in Ocarina of Time on a ROG Xbox Ally X (Lichii #1433).

Community reports

Ryzen AI Max+ 395 laptops and mini PCs (Strix Halo)

AMD Radeon 8060S

RDNA 3.5, 40 CUs, 256-bit memory. No reports yet.

Untested

Handhelds

Core Ultra 7 258V · Arc 140V

MSI Claw 8 AI+

Arc 140V, 32 GB. No reports yet.

Untested

Core Ultra 7 155H or Ultra 5 135H · Meteor Lake Arc

MSI Claw A1M

Meteor Lake Arc, 16 GB. No reports yet.

Untested

Ryzen Z1 Extreme · RDNA 3, 12 CUs

ASUS ROG Ally X

Z1 Extreme (780M class), 24 GB. No reports yet.

Untested

Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme · RDNA 3.5, 16 CUs

ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X

Third-party report: about 30 fps in Ocarina of Time (Lichii #1433).

Community reports

Ryzen Z2 Extreme or Ryzen Z2 · 8.8-inch OLED

Lenovo Legion Go 2

Z2 Extreme or Z2, up to 32 GB. No reports yet.

Untested

Valve handheld, LCD and OLED (SteamOS)

Steam Deck

RDNA 2, 8 CUs, 4–15 W, SteamOS. No reports yet.

Untested

On a low-end PC?

Guarana targets integrated graphics, the kind in most laptops and handhelds, rather than gaming graphics cards. Switch 2 emulation is still demanding: our one measured result is 22.83 game fps in an outdoor scene on a Core Ultra 9 285H laptop with Arc 140T. Older or lower-power iGPUs are untested, so we can't promise playable speeds on them.

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