For PlayStation Vita on the PlayStation Vita, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Poll: How Powerful is VITA vs. PS3?" - Page 2. Verdict. Impressively powerful and astonishingly feature-packed, PS Vita is - at least for now - the ultimate handheld games machine. With its touch-capabilities, augmented-reality cameras and ^{The Switch is more powerful than the Vita when compared to contemporary consoles, and it came out 4 years before the 9th gen, while the Vita came out 2 years before the 8th gen. In this particular case, Nintendo’s product is better. Is switch more powerful than PS Vita?} .