ION 2 vs Radeon HD 8330

Place in the ranking	1231	1370
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.27	1.13
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	Kalindi	GT218
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	13 August 2013 (12 years ago)	3 June 2008 (17 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 cores	128	16
Core clock speed	497 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	1,178 million	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.976	4.000
Floating-point processing power	0.1272 TFLOPS	0.03424 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	8
L2 Cache	no data	32 KB

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	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	IGP	no 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 type	System Shared	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	System Shared
Memory bus width	System Shared	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System Shared
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 Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.3	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	1.2

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

HD 8330 0.61
+118%

ION 2 0.28

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.

HD 8330 1813
+150%

ION 2 724

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

11
+120%

5−6

−120%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Valorant	27−30 +11.5%	24−27 −11.5%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	18−20 +46.2%	12−14 −46.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Dota 2	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Valorant	27−30 +11.5%	24−27 −11.5%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Dota 2	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Valorant	27−30 +11.5%	24−27 −11.5%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hogwarts Legacy	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

1−2

0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3
+100%

1−2

−100%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

This is how HD 8330 and ION 2 compete in popular games:

HD 8330 is 120% faster in 1080p

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the HD 8330 is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 8330 performs better in 23 tests (79%)
there's a draw in 6 tests (21%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.61	0.28
Recency	13 August 2013	3 June 2008
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	20 Watt

HD 8330 has a 117.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 8330 is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8330 is a desktop graphics card while ION 2 is a notebook one.