NVIDIA ION vs NVIDIA ION 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION and NVIDIA ION 2 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 ION 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION 2

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 928 vs 571
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 928 vs 571

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	928 vs 571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	928 vs 571

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA ION
GPU 2: NVIDIA ION 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

571

928

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

571

928

Name	NVIDIA ION	NVIDIA ION 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	18
Geekbench - OpenCL	2440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	571	928
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	571	928

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION	NVIDIA ION 2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	MCP7A-ION	GT218
Launch date	3 June 2008	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1691	1669
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	282 million	260 million
Pipelines		16
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory		0