ION 2 vs Radeon VII
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon VII with ION 2, including specs and performance data.
VII outperforms ION 2 by a whopping 13079% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 126 | 1377 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 19.73 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.11 | 1.13 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | Vega 20 | GT218 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 February 2019 (6 years ago) | 3 June 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 3840 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 1400 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1750 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 13,230 million | 260 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 295 Watt | 20 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 420.0 | 4.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.44 TFLOPS | 0.03424 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 4 |
| TMUs | 240 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 960 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 280 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 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 | HBM2 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 1024 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 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.
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.
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 | 120 | 0−1 |
| 1440p | 74 | 0−1 |
| 4K | 57 | -0−1 |
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 5.83 | no data |
| 1440p | 9.45 | no data |
| 4K | 12.26 | no data |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 210−220
+21600%
|
1−2
−21600%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90−95
+9100%
|
1−2
−9100%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 90−95
+1740%
|
5−6
−1740%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 136
+13500%
|
1−2
−13500%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 210−220
+21600%
|
1−2
−21600%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90−95
+9100%
|
1−2
−9100%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 99 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 195
+19400%
|
1−2
−19400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 163
+3975%
|
4−5
−3975%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120−130 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 90−95
+1740%
|
5−6
−1740%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 157
+2143%
|
7−8
−2143%
|
| Valorant | 220−230
+777%
|
24−27
−777%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 137
+13600%
|
1−2
−13600%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 210−220
+21600%
|
1−2
−21600%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 270−280
+2038%
|
12−14
−2038%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90−95
+9100%
|
1−2
−9100%
|
| Dota 2 | 160
+1678%
|
9−10
−1678%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 95 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 154
+15300%
|
1−2
−15300%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 157
+3825%
|
4−5
−3825%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120−130 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 111 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 90−95
+1740%
|
5−6
−1740%
|
| Metro Exodus | 88 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 158
+2157%
|
7−8
−2157%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 139
+2680%
|
5−6
−2680%
|
| Valorant | 220−230
+777%
|
24−27
−777%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 127 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90−95
+9100%
|
1−2
−9100%
|
| Dota 2 | 147
+1533%
|
9−10
−1533%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 91 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 130
+3150%
|
4−5
−3150%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 90−95
+1740%
|
5−6
−1740%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 143
+1943%
|
7−8
−1943%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 75
+1400%
|
5−6
−1400%
|
| Valorant | 197
+658%
|
24−27
−658%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 114 | 0−1 |
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 100−105
+4900%
|
2−3
−4900%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 270−280
+13700%
|
2−3
−13700%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 43 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 56 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+5733%
|
3−4
−5733%
|
| Valorant | 260−270
+25900%
|
1−2
−25900%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 100−105 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 45−50 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 95−100 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120
+11200%
|
1−2
−11200%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 45−50 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 75−80 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 100−110 | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 62
+313%
|
14−16
−313%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 37 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 54 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 240−250
+11900%
|
2−3
−11900%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 73 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 78 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 59 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 77 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 58
+5700%
|
1−2
−5700%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 44
+2100%
|
2−3
−2100%
|
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon VII is 11900% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, Radeon VII surpassed ION 2 in all 29 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 36.90 | 0.28 |
| Recency | 7 February 2019 | 3 June 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 295 Watt | 20 Watt |
Radeon VII has a 13078.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
ION 2, on the other hand, has 1375% lower power consumption.
The Radeon VII is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon VII is a desktop graphics card while ION 2 is a notebook one.
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