NVIDIA ION videocard review

NVIDIA ION

ION videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 3 June 2008. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed MCP7A-ION.

Core clock speed - 450 MHz. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 282 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 20 Watt.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38579
84
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
18
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
2440
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
571 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
571.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 18
Geekbench - OpenCL 2440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 571 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 571.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name MCP7A-ION
Launch date 3 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1691
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt
Transistor count 282 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 3.3