Radeon R9 280X2 vs ION

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1396not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.99no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameC79Tahiti
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 June 2008 (17 years ago)no data

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 cores162048 ×2
Core clock speed450 MHz950 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistors314 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate3.600128.0 ×2
Floating-point processing power0.0352 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs432 ×2
TMUs8128 ×2

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data315 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data3x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared3 GB ×2
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit ×2
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 GB/s ×2
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.06.5 (5.1)
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.1 (1.2)
VulkanN/A1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 375 Watt

ION has 1775% lower power consumption.

R9 280X2, on the other hand, has a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between ION and Radeon R9 280X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that ION is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R9 280X2 is a desktop one.

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AMD Radeon R9 280X2
Radeon R9 280X2

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