Radeon RX 6800S vs ION 2

Place in the ranking	1388	136
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.15	29.06
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code name	GT218	Navi 23
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 June 2008 (17 years ago)	4 January 2022 (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	2048
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1800 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2100 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	268.8
Floating-point processing power	0.03424 TFLOPS	8.602 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	64
TMUs	8	128
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32
L0 Cache	no data	512 KB
L1 Cache	no data	512 KB
L2 Cache	32 KB	2 MB
L3 Cache	no data	32 MB

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	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	256.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK support

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	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.2	-

Synthetic benchmarks

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 0.30

RX 6800S 37.83
+12510%

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

RX 6800S 82247
+11260%

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	116
1440p	0−1	75
4K	-0−1	40

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −14000%	141 +14000%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −1680%	85−90 +1680%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −11000%	111 +11000%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −4800%	140−150 +4800%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −1680%	85−90 +1680%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2057%	150−160 +2057%
Valorant	24−27 −762%	220−230 +762%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	14−16 −1893%	270−280 +1893%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −8100%	82 +8100%
Dota 2	9−10 −1322%	128 +1322%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −4800%	140−150 +4800%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −1680%	85−90 +1680%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2057%	150−160 +2057%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −3180%	164 +3180%
Valorant	24−27 −762%	220−230 +762%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7300%	74 +7300%
Dota 2	9−10 −1089%	107 +1089%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −4800%	140−150 +4800%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −1680%	85−90 +1680%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2057%	150−160 +2057%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1740%	92 +1740%
Valorant	24−27 −723%	214 +723%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −3100%	95−100 +3100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	0−1	260−270
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −5733%	170−180 +5733%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −10700%	100−110 +10700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −7100%	70−75 +7100%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −493%	80−85 +493%
Valorant	2−3 −11550%	230−240 +11550%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

1−2

−5000%

50−55
+5000%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

−2350%

45−50
+2350%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2

210−220

+0%

210−220

+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Far Cry 5	120 +0%	120 +0%
Fortnite	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	133 +0%	133 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Far Cry 5	112 +0%	112 +0%
Fortnite	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	131 +0%	131 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	125 +0%	125 +0%
Metro Exodus	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Far Cry 5	104 +0%	104 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

160−170

+0%

160−170

+0%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V	66 +0%	66 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Valorant	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 +0%	39 +0%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

100−110

+0%

100−110

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	16 +0%	16 +0%
Dota 2	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RX 6800S is 14000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 6800S performs better in 30 tests (46%)
there's a draw in 35 tests (54%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.30	37.83
Recency	3 June 2008	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	100 Watt

ION 2 has 400% lower power consumption.

RX 6800S, on the other hand, has a 12510% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6800S is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.