GeForce RTX 3060 vs ION 2

Place in the ranking	1382	115
Place by popularity	not in top-100	4
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	59.93
Power efficiency	1.15	18.33
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	GT218	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 June 2008 (17 years ago)	12 January 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

no data

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	3584
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	199.0
Floating-point processing power	0.03424 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	48
TMUs	8	112
Tensor Cores	no data	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28
L1 Cache	no data	3.5 MB
L2 Cache	32 KB	3 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	12 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	360.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.7
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.2	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

ION 2 0.30

RTX 3060 40.59
+13430%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

ION 2 724

RTX 3060 81033
+11092%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	0−1	112
1440p	-0−1	64
4K	-0−1	42

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.94
1440p	no data	5.14
4K	no data	7.83

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077

1−2

−7800%

79
+7800%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7700%	78 +7700%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −5167%	150−160 +5167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2171%	150−160 +2171%
Valorant	24−27 −804%	230−240 +804%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	14−16 −1886%	270−280 +1886%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7400%	75 +7400%
Dota 2	9−10 −1633%	156 +1633%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −5167%	150−160 +5167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2171%	150−160 +2171%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −3480%	179 +3480%
Valorant	24−27 −804%	230−240 +804%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −6300%	64 +6300%
Dota 2	9−10 −1533%	147 +1533%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −5167%	150−160 +5167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2171%	150−160 +2171%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1640%	87 +1640%
Valorant	24−27 −804%	230−240 +804%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −3400%	100−110 +3400%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	0−1	280−290
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −5733%	170−180 +5733%

1440p
Ultra

Escape from Tarkov	2−3 −4800%	95−100 +4800%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −11800%	110−120 +11800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −7100%	72 +7100%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −486%	82 +486%
Valorant	2−3 −12350%	240−250 +12350%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

1−2

−5600%

55−60
+5600%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

−2650%

55−60
+2650%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2

220−230

+0%

220−230

+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	146 +0%	146 +0%
Fortnite	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	124 +0%	124 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	135 +0%	135 +0%
Fortnite	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	110 +0%	110 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	141 +0%	141 +0%
Metro Exodus	81 +0%	81 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	127 +0%	127 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

170−180

+0%

170−180

+0%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V	81 +0%	81 +0%
Metro Exodus	50 +0%	50 +0%
Valorant	260−270 +0%	260−270 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 +0%	39 +0%
Far Cry 5	94 +0%	94 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

110−120

+0%

110−120

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	32 +0%	32 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65 +0%	65 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	18 +0%	18 +0%
Dota 2	115 +0%	115 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	48 +0%	48 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 is 12350% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3060 performs better in 27 tests (43%)
there's a draw in 36 tests (57%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.30	40.59
Recency	3 June 2008	12 January 2021
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	170 Watt

ION 2 has 750% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060, on the other hand, has a 13430% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that ION 2 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop one.