RTX A2000 Mobile vs ION 2
Aggregate performance score
We've compared ION 2 with RTX A2000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.
RTX A2000 Mobile outperforms ION 2 by a whopping 7777% 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 | 1329 | 229 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.10 | 18.25 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | GA106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 3 June 2008 (16 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (3 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 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 893 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1358 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 13,250 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 95 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 108.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.03424 TFLOPS | 6.953 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 8 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
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 | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 176.0 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 | No outputs |
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 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 1.2 | 8.6 |
| 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.
- 3DMark Vantage Performance
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 | 0−1 | 78 |
| 1440p | 0−1 | 42 |
| 4K | -0−1 | 38 |
FPS performance in popular games
- Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 1440p
Epic Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset - 4K
Epic Preset - Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - Full HD
Epic Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−7300%
|
74
+7300%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−1533%
|
45−50
+1533%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−6100%
|
62
+6100%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−3067%
|
95−100
+3067%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−1533%
|
45−50
+1533%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−1229%
|
90−95
+1229%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−535%
|
160−170
+535%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14
−1869%
|
250−260
+1869%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4900%
|
50
+4900%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1350%
|
145
+1350%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−3067%
|
95−100
+3067%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−1533%
|
45−50
+1533%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−1229%
|
90−95
+1229%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−1820%
|
96
+1820%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−535%
|
160−170
+535%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4000%
|
41
+4000%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−1190%
|
129
+1190%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−3067%
|
95−100
+3067%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−1533%
|
45−50
+1533%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−1229%
|
90−95
+1229%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−900%
|
50
+900%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−535%
|
160−170
+535%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−8650%
|
170−180
+8650%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−1667%
|
53
+1667%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−6100%
|
60−65
+6100%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | 27−30 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−3800%
|
35−40
+3800%
|
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 55−60 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−193%
|
44
+193%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
−6900%
|
140−150
+6900%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−767%
|
26
+767%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−1150%
|
24−27
+1150%
|
| Fortnite | 2−3
−1200%
|
24−27
+1200%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 96
+0%
|
96
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 88
+0%
|
88
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 106
+0%
|
106
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 44
+0%
|
44
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 83
+0%
|
83
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 50
+0%
|
50
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 27
+0%
|
27
+0%
|
| Valorant | 200−210
+0%
|
200−210
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 25
+0%
|
25
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 33
+0%
|
33
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 72
+0%
|
72
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX A2000 Mobile is 8650% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX A2000 Mobile is ahead in 31 test (48%)
- there's a draw in 33 tests (52%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.30 | 23.63 |
| Recency | 3 June 2008 | 12 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 95 Watt |
ION 2 has 375% lower power consumption.
RTX A2000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 7776.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX A2000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.
Be aware that ION 2 is a notebook graphics card while RTX A2000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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