Radeon RX 7700S vs ION 2

Place in the ranking	1308	109
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.14	27.45
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GT218	Navi 33
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)	4 January 2023 (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	2048
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2500 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	320.0
Floating-point processing power	0.03424 TFLOPS	20.48 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	64
TMUs	8	128
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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
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	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	288.0 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

Portable Device Dependent

API 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	6.7
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.2	-

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	59
4K	-0−1	50

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1000%	88 +1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −850%	76 +850%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −3940%	202 +3940%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −1850%	75−80 +1850%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −750%	68 +750%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −983%	65 +983%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −3240%	167 +3240%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2786%	200−210 +2786%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −1850%	75−80 +1850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −2740%	140−150 +2740%
World of Tanks	12−14 −2046%	270−280 +2046%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −538%	51 +538%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1533%	95−100 +1533%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −2780%	144 +2780%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −2786%	200−210 +2786%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

−8650%

170−180
+8650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −344%	40−45 +344%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1950%	40−45 +1950%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −3125%	120−130 +3125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Valorant	5−6 −2420%	120−130 +2420%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −353%	68 +353%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −353%	68 +353%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	1−2 −12800%	120−130 +12800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −353%	68 +353%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Dota 2	14−16 −427%	75−80 +427%
Valorant	1−2 −6500%	65−70 +6500%

Full HD
Low Preset

Elden Ring

140−150

+0%

140−150

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Dota 2	89 +0%	89 +0%
Elden Ring	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Fortnite	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	133 +0%	133 +0%
Metro Exodus	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Dota 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	67 +0%	67 +0%
Elden Ring	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	67 +0%	67 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
World of Tanks	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	92 +0%	92 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Elden Ring	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Fortnite	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	48 +0%	48 +0%

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 7700S is 12800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 7700S is ahead in 32 tests (52%)
there's a draw in 30 tests (48%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.33	39.87
Recency	3 June 2008	4 January 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	100 Watt

ION 2 has 400% lower power consumption.

RX 7700S, on the other hand, has a 11981.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7700S is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.