NVIDIA ION vs ATI Radeon X1700 SE

What is the difference between NVIDIA ION and ATI Radeon X1700 SE. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GT218GPU NameRV560
Tesla 2.0ArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size80 nm
260 millionTransistors330 million
57 mm²Die Size230 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 3rd, 2008Release DateNov 30th, 2007
IONFamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1700)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

System SharedMemory Size512 MB
System SharedMemory TypeDDR2
System SharedMemory Bus128 bit
System DependentBandwidth16.00 GB/s

Performance

2.000 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.000 GPixel/s
4.000 GTexel/sTexture fillrate4.000 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

System SharedMemory Clock500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
500 MHzGPU Clock500 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
4ROPs8

Board Design

IGPSlot WidthSingle-slot
20 WThermal design power (TDP)50 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

11.1 (10_1)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.3OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.1Shader Model3.0