ION vs ATI Radeon 9200 SE

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 9200 SE with ION, including specs and performance data.

ATI 9200 SE
2003
64 MB DDR, 28 Watt
0.01

ION outperforms ATI 9200 SE by a whopping 2100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking15331373
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.020.75
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV280C7A-ION
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 March 2003 (21 year ago)3 June 2008 (16 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 coresno data16
Core clock speed200 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors36 million282 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate0.83.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs48

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCI
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount64 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed166 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth2.656 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGL1.43.3
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.


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.

ATI 9200 SE 0.01
ION 0.22
+2100%

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.

ATI 9200 SE 2
ION 84
+4100%

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 0.01 0.22
Recency 1 March 2003 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 150 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 20 Watt

ION has a 2100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 130.8% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

The ION is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9200 SE in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 9200 SE is a desktop card while ION is a notebook one.


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