NVS 810 vs ION 2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared ION 2 with NVS 810, including specs and performance data.

ION 2
2008
20 Watt
0.30

NVS 810 outperforms ION 2 by a whopping 813% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1391851
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.163.10
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGT218GM107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date3 June 2008 (17 years ago)4 November 2015 (10 years ago)

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 cores16512 ×2
Core clock speed500 MHz902 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1033 MHz
Number of transistors260 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt68 Watt
Texture fill rate4.00033.06 ×2
Floating-point processing power0.03424 TFLOPS1.058 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs416 ×2
TMUs832 ×2
L1 Cacheno data256 KB
L2 Cache32 KB1024 KB

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data198 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB ×2
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit ×2
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s ×2
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs8x mini-DisplayPort

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA1.25.0

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−757%
60−65
+757%
Valorant 24−27
−785%
230−240
+785%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16
−757%
120−130
+757%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Dota 2 9−10
−789%
80−85
+789%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−757%
60−65
+757%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−800%
45−50
+800%
Valorant 24−27
−785%
230−240
+785%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Dota 2 9−10
−789%
80−85
+789%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−757%
60−65
+757%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−800%
45−50
+800%
Valorant 24−27
−785%
230−240
+785%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−757%
120−130
+757%
Valorant 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.30 2.74
Recency 3 June 2008 4 November 2015
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 68 Watt

ION 2 has 240% lower power consumption.

NVS 810, on the other hand, has a 813% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 810 is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that ION 2 is a notebook graphics card while NVS 810 is a workstation one.

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