ION vs Quadro FX 2500M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1206not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.86no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG71C7A-ION
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date29 September 2005 (19 years ago)3 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3216
Core clock speed500 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed500 MHzno data
Number of transistors278 million282 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate12.003.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs248

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-IIIPCI
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model3.04.0
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



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.

FX 2500M 217
+158%
ION 84

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 September 2005 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 90 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 20 Watt

ION has an age advantage of 2 years, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 125% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 2500M and ION. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 2500M is a mobile workstation card while ION is a desktop one.


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