ION vs ATI Radeon HD 5470

Place in the ranking	1170	1371
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.53	0.77
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Cedar	C7A-ION
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	13 February 2012 (12 years ago)	3 June 2008 (16 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	80	16
Core clock speed	650 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	282 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.200	3.600
Floating-point processing power	0.104 TFLOPS	0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	8

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	PCI
Length	170 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	no data
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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 5470 0.69
+214%

ION 0.22

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 5470 268
+219%

ION 84

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.69	0.22
Recency	13 February 2012	3 June 2008
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	20 Watt

ATI HD 5470 has a 213.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 5.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 5470 is our recommended choice as it beats the ION in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5470 is a desktop card while ION is a notebook one.

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