Radeon RX 5700M vs ION 2

Place in the ranking	1380	749
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.13	1.63
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	GT218	Navi 10
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 June 2008 (17 years ago)	1 March 2020 (5 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 cores	16	2304
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1465 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1720 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	180 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	247.7
Floating-point processing power	0.03424 TFLOPS	7.926 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	64
TMUs	8	144
L2 Cache	32 KB	8 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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	384.0 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, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.2	-

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 −700%	8−9 +700%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −375%	18−20 +375%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
Valorant	24−27 −104%	50−55 +104%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 −431%	65−70 +431%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Dota 2	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −375%	18−20 +375%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Valorant	24−27 −104%	50−55 +104%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Dota 2	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −375%	18−20 +375%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Valorant	24−27 −104%	50−55 +104%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −933%	30−35 +933%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Valorant	2−3 −850%	18−20 +850%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

1−2

−300%

4−5
+300%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

−100%

4−5
+100%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2

16−18

+0%

16−18

+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Fortnite	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Fortnite	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

21−24

+0%

21−24

+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Valorant	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

7−8

+0%

7−8

+0%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 5700M is 933% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 5700M performs better in 30 tests (52%)
there's a draw in 28 tests (48%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.28	3.62
Recency	3 June 2008	1 March 2020
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	180 Watt

ION 2 has 800% lower power consumption.

RX 5700M, on the other hand, has a 1192.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5700M is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.