NVIDIA ION LE vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION LE and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA ION LE

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
5.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 96 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 29 October 2007
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	96 vs 56

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

3.3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 450 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 479 vs 98

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	479 vs 98

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA ION LE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

479

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA ION LE	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	98	479
PassMark - G2D Mark	96	56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION LE	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	ION	G92
Launch date	3 June 2008	29 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1378	1380
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	282 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Floating-point performance		336.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Pipelines		112
Texture fill rate		33.6 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit