NVIDIA ION 2 vs ATI Radeon VE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION 2 and ATI Radeon VE 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA ION 2

ATI Radeon VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 180 nm
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 32 MB

Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 180 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 32 MB

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA ION 2	ATI Radeon VE
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	928
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	928
PassMark - G2D Mark		36
PassMark - G3D Mark		2

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION 2	ATI Radeon VE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rage 6
Code name	GT218	Rage 6
Launch date	3 June 2008	19 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1668	1671
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	16
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	30 million
Texture fill rate		549 MTexel / 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	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	32 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR2, DDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		2.928 GB / s
Memory clock speed		366 MHz