ION 2 vs HD Graphics 4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1060not rated
Place by popularity42not in top-100
Power efficiency1.82no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT2GT218
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years 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 cores12816
Core clock speed650 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,200 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown20 Watt
Texture fill rate16.004.000
Floating-point processing power0.256 TFLOPS0.03424 TFLOPS
ROPs24
TMUs168

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 2.0 x16
WidthIGPIGP

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.03.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA-1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 Graphics 4000 2959
+309%
ION 2 724

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2012 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 22 nm 40 nm

HD Graphics 4000 has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 81.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4000 and ION 2. We've got no test results to judge.


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