NVIDIA ION vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION and NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA ION

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 108 vs 52
6.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 571 vs 88
6.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 571 vs 88

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 15 December 2004
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	108 vs 52
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	571 vs 88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	571 vs 88

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache

2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 16

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA ION
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

108

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

571

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

571

Name	NVIDIA ION	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache
PassMark - G3D Mark	108	52
PassMark - G2D Mark	16	46
Geekbench - OpenCL	2440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	571	88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	571	88

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	MCP7A-ION	NV44 B2
Launch date	3 June 2008	15 December 2004
Place in performance rating	1692	1689
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	282 million	75 million
Texture fill rate		1.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Length		165 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Memory type		DDR