NVIDIA ION LE vs ATI Radeon IGP 320M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION LE and ATI Radeon IGP 320M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA ION LE

ATI Radeon IGP 320M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 160 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 180 nm
24.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 98 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 5 October 2002
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 160 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 180 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	98 vs 4

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon IGP 320M

Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 101 vs 96

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	101 vs 96

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA ION LE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon IGP 320M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

101

Name	NVIDIA ION LE	ATI Radeon IGP 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark	98	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	96	101

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION LE	ATI Radeon IGP 320M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	ION	RS320
Launch date	3 June 2008	5 October 2002
Place in performance rating	1397	1400
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	160 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	282 million	30 million
Boost clock speed		160 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Shared memory		yes