Radeon HD 8310E vs ION

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared ION and Radeon HD 8310E, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ION
2008
20 Watt
0.22

HD 8310E outperforms ION by a whopping 300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13761129
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.752.41
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameC7A-IONKalindi
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)23 April 2013 (11 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 cores16128
Core clock speed450 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors282 million1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate3.6002.400
Floating-point processing power0.0352 TFLOPS0.0768 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

InterfacePCIIGP

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 SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory++

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.3
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ION 0.22
HD 8310E 0.88
+300%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ION 84
HD 8310E 340
+305%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.22 0.88
Recency 3 June 2008 23 April 2013
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 25 Watt

ION has 25% lower power consumption.

HD 8310E, on the other hand, has a 300% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 8310E is our recommended choice as it beats the ION in performance tests.


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