ION 2 vs Radeon R5 230

Place in the ranking	1275	1380
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.12	1.16
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	Caicos	GT218
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	3 April 2014 (11 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	160	16
Core clock speed	no data	500 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.000	4.000
Floating-point processing power	0.2 TFLOPS	0.03424 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	8
L1 Cache	16 KB	no data
L2 Cache	128 KB	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).

Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	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	DDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	no data	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	+	-
PowerPlay	+	no data
DDMA audio	-	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.0	4.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A
CUDA	-	1.2

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

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

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%