Arc A580 vs ION 2

Place in the ranking	1320	188
Place by popularity	not in top-100	58
Power efficiency	1.11	12.06
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	GT218	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)	10 October 2023 (1 year 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	16	3072
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	384.0
Floating-point processing power	0.03424 TFLOPS	12.29 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	96
TMUs	8	192
Tensor Cores	no data	384
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	24

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.2	-
DLSS	-	+

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.

ION 2 0.28

Arc A580 26.72
+9443%

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.

ION 2 724

Arc A580 95677
+13115%

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	1−2 −10200%	103 +10200%
1440p	0−1	56
4K	-0−1	33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 −7350%	149 +7350%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7200%	73 +7200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 −5400%	110 +5400%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −6400%	65 +6400%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −3467%	107 +3467%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −1543%	110−120 +1543%
Valorant	24−27 −615%	180−190 +615%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 −3850%	79 +3850%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 −1992%	270−280 +1992%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5600%	57 +5600%
Dota 2	10−11 −9400%	950−1000 +9400%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −3300%	102 +3300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −1543%	110−120 +1543%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −5700%	174 +5700%
Valorant	24−27 −615%	180−190 +615%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5200%	53 +5200%
Dota 2	10−11 −9400%	950−1000 +9400%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −2800%	87 +2800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −1543%	110−120 +1543%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −2167%	68 +2167%
Valorant	24−27 −615%	180−190 +615%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

3−4

−5733%

170−180
+5733%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	39
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −7400%	75 +7400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

0−1

70−75

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −153%	38 +153%
Valorant	2−3 −8550%	170−180 +8550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	1−2 −4600%	47 +4600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −1550%	30−35 +1550%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

2−3

−1600%

30−35
+1600%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

331

+0%

331

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	263 +0%	263 +0%
Far Cry 5	134 +0%	134 +0%
Fortnite	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	123 +0%	123 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	129 +0%	129 +0%
Far Cry 5	122 +0%	122 +0%
Fortnite	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	114 +0%	114 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	86 +0%	86 +0%
Metro Exodus	97 +0%	97 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	114 +0%	114 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

130−140

+0%

130−140

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	80 +0%	80 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	37 +0%	37 +0%
Metro Exodus	57 +0%	57 +0%
Valorant	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Far Cry 5	87 +0%	87 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55 +0%	55 +0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	19 +0%	19 +0%
Metro Exodus	37 +0%	37 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	61 +0%	61 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	21 +0%	21 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	56 +0%	56 +0%

This is how ION 2 and Arc A580 compete in popular games:

Arc A580 is 10200% faster in 1080p

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

in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Arc A580 is 8550% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A580 is ahead in 26 tests (45%)
there's a draw in 32 tests (55%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.28	26.72
Recency	3 June 2008	10 October 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	175 Watt

ION 2 has 775% lower power consumption.

Arc A580, on the other hand, has a 9442.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A580 is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that ION 2 is a notebook card while Arc A580 is a desktop one.