NVIDIA ION 2 vs ATI Radeon 7500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION 2 and ATI Radeon 7500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA ION 2

ATI Radeon 7500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 72% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 290 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB

Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA ION 2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7500

Name	NVIDIA ION 2	ATI Radeon 7500
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	928
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	928
PassMark - G3D Mark		3
PassMark - G2D Mark		35

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION 2	ATI Radeon 7500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rage 7
Code name	GT218	RV200
Launch date	3 June 2008	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1669	1658
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	16
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	60 million
Texture fill rate		1.74 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR2, DDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		7.36 GB / s
Memory clock speed		460 MHz