Radeon RX 6800 vs ION 2

Place in the ranking	1327	51
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	49.84
Power efficiency	1.11	15.69
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GT218	Navi 21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)	28 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$579

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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	3840
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2105 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	505.2
Floating-point processing power	0.03424 TFLOPS	16.17 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	96
TMUs	8	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	60

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	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 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	16 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	1.2	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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 0.28

RX 6800 49.55
+17596%

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

RX 6800 106236
+14573%

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	174
1440p	0−1	102
4K	-0−1	62

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.33
1440p	no data	5.68
4K	no data	9.34

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −13400%	135 +13400%
Hogwarts Legacy	4−5 −5100%	208 +5100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −11400%	115 +11400%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −6733%	200−210 +6733%
Hogwarts Legacy	4−5 −4075%	167 +4075%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2429%	170−180 +2429%
Valorant	24−27 −1023%	290−300 +1023%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 −2038%	270−280 +2038%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −10300%	104 +10300%
Dota 2	10−11 −1350%	145 +1350%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −6733%	200−210 +6733%
Hogwarts Legacy	4−5 −3150%	130 +3150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2429%	170−180 +2429%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −5280%	269 +5280%
Valorant	24−27 −1023%	290−300 +1023%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −9800%	99 +9800%
Dota 2	10−11 −1180%	128 +1180%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −6733%	200−210 +6733%
Hogwarts Legacy	4−5 −2300%	96 +2300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2429%	170−180 +2429%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −2940%	152 +2940%
Valorant	24−27 −1023%	290−300 +1023%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

3−4

−5733%

170−180
+5733%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4 −5333%	163 +5333%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −16700%	160−170 +16700%
Hogwarts Legacy	0−1	73
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −11700%	110−120 +11700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

0−1

140−150

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −780%	132 +780%
Valorant	2−3 −15200%	300−350 +15200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4 −2933%	91 +2933%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −4500%	90−95 +4500%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

2−3

−3800%

75−80
+3800%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

350

+0%

350

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	349 +0%	349 +0%
Far Cry 5	197 +0%	197 +0%
Fortnite	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	232 +0%	232 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	259 +0%	259 +0%
Far Cry 5	186 +0%	186 +0%
Fortnite	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	210 +0%	210 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	159 +0%	159 +0%
Metro Exodus	147 +0%	147 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Far Cry 5	174 +0%	174 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

230−240

+0%

230−240

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	175 +0%	175 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	350−400 +0%	350−400 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	125 +0%	125 +0%
Metro Exodus	89 +0%	89 +0%
Valorant	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	74 +0%	74 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	47 +0%	47 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	55 +0%	55 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	99 +0%	99 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	34 +0%	34 +0%
Dota 2	102 +0%	102 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	35 +0%	35 +0%

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6800 is 16700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 6800 is ahead in 31 test (48%)
there's a draw in 33 tests (52%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.28	49.55
Recency	3 June 2008	28 October 2020
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	250 Watt

ION 2 has 1150% lower power consumption.

RX 6800, on the other hand, has a 17596.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6800 is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that ION 2 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6800 is a desktop one.