Iris Xe Graphics 96EU vs ION 2
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Generation 12.2 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | Alder Lake GT1 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 June 2008 (16 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (2 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 | 16 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 67.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.03424 TFLOPS | 2.15 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 24 |
| TMUs | 8 | 48 |
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 | Ring Bus |
| Width | IGP | IGP |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | System Shared |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 1.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 June 2008 | 4 January 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 45 Watt |
ION 2 has 125% lower power consumption.
Iris Xe Graphics 96EU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between ION 2 and Iris Xe Graphics 96EU. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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