NVIDIA ION vs NVIDIA ION 2
What is the difference between NVIDIA ION and NVIDIA ION 2. Find out which graphics card has better performance.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
| GT218 | GPU Name | GT218 |
| Tesla 2.0 | Architecture | Tesla 2.0 |
| TSMC | Foundry | TSMC |
| 40 nm | Process Size | 40 nm |
| 260 million | Transistors | 260 million |
| 57 mm² | Die Size | 57 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Jun 3rd, 2008 | Release Date | Jun 3rd, 2008 |
| ION | Family | ION |
| End-of-life | Production | End-of-life |
| PCIe 2.0 x16 | Bus Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Memory
| System Shared | Memory Size | System Shared |
| System Shared | Memory Type | System Shared |
| System Shared | Memory Bus | System Shared |
| System Dependent | Bandwidth | System Dependent |
Performance
| 2.000 GPixel/s | Pixel fillrate | 2.000 GPixel/s |
| 4.000 GTexel/s | Texture fillrate | 4.000 GTexel/s |
| 34.24 GFLOPS | FP32 (float) performance | 34.24 GFLOPS |
Clock Speeds
| System Shared | Memory Clock | System Shared |
| 500 MHz | GPU Clock | 500 MHz |
Render Config
| 16 | Shading Units | 16 |
| 8 | TMUs | 8 |
| 4 | ROPs | 4 |
| 32 KB | L2 Cache | 32 KB |
| 1 | SM Count | 1 |
Board Design
| IGP | Slot Width | IGP |
| 20 W | Thermal design power (TDP) | 20 W |
| No outputs | Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
| 11.1 (10_1) | DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) |
| 3.3 | OpenGL | 3.3 |
| 1.1 | OpenCL | 1.1 |
| N/A | Vulkan | N/A |
| 4.1 | Shader Model | 4.1 |
| 1.2 | CUDA | 1.2 |