Xbox Series X GPU vs ION 2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1305not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.13no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGT218Scarlett
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores163328
Core clock speed500 MHz1825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1725 MHz
Number of transistors260 million15,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate4.000379.6
Floating-point processing power0.03424 TFLOPS12.15 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs8208

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Lengthno data301 mm
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared10 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared320 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data560.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 200 Watt

ION 2 has 900% lower power consumption.

Xbox Series X GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between ION 2 and Xbox Series X GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that ION 2 is a notebook card while Xbox Series X GPU is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA ION 2
ION 2
AMD Xbox Series X GPU
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