GeForce RTX 2060 vs ION 2

Place in the ranking	1320	137
Place by popularity	not in top-100	18
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	35.47
Power efficiency	1.11	15.60
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GT218	TU106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)	7 January 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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	1920
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1680 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	160 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	201.6
Floating-point processing power	0.03424 TFLOPS	6.451 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	48
TMUs	8	120
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

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 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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	6 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	336.0 GB/s
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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	1.2	7.5
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

RTX 2060 31.60
+11186%

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

RTX 2060 60454
+8250%

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 −11900%	120 +11900%
1440p	0−1	76
4K	-0−1	50

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.91
1440p	no data	4.59
4K	no data	6.98

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 −4900%	100−105 +4900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7700%	75−80 +7700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 −4900%	100−105 +4900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7700%	75−80 +7700%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −4567%	140 +4567%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2286%	167 +2286%
Valorant	24−27 −854%	248 +854%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 −4900%	100−105 +4900%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 −2031%	270−280 +2031%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7700%	75−80 +7700%
Dota 2	10−11 −1290%	130−140 +1290%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −4267%	131 +4267%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2171%	159 +2171%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −3300%	136 +3300%
Valorant	24−27 −850%	247 +850%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7700%	75−80 +7700%
Dota 2	10−11 −1290%	130−140 +1290%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −3400%	105 +3400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −1643%	122 +1643%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1725%	73 +1725%
Valorant	24−27 −523%	162 +523%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

3−4

−5733%

170−180
+5733%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	35−40
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −9300%	90−95 +9300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

0−1

85−90

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −347%	67 +347%
Valorant	2−3 −10300%	208 +10300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	1−2 −4000%	41 +4000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −2100%	44 +2100%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

2−3

−1800%

38
+1800%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

190−200

+0%

190−200

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	145 +0%	145 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Far Cry 5	103 +0%	103 +0%
Fortnite	179 +0%	179 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	129 +0%	129 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Far Cry 5	99 +0%	99 +0%
Fortnite	155 +0%	155 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	124 +0%	124 +0%
Metro Exodus	67 +0%	67 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	119 +0%	119 +0%
Far Cry 5	94 +0%	94 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

141

+0%

141

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Metro Exodus	42 +0%	42 +0%
Valorant	241 +0%	241 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	26 +0%	26 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +0%	51 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	53 +0%	53 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Dota 2	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	59 +0%	59 +0%

This is how ION 2 and RTX 2060 compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 is 11900% faster in 1080p

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

in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2060 is 10300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2060 is ahead in 28 tests (46%)
there's a draw in 33 tests (54%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.28	31.60
Recency	3 June 2008	7 January 2019
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	160 Watt

ION 2 has 700% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060, on the other hand, has a 11185.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that ION 2 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2060 is a desktop one.