ION 2 vs Radeon Pro 450

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro 450 with ION 2, including specs and performance data.

Pro 450
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 35 Watt
7.06
+2039%

Pro 450 outperforms ION 2 by a whopping 2039% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5501302
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.071.15
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameBaffinGT218
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date30 October 2016 (8 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 cores64016
Core clock speed800 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate32.004.000
Floating-point processing power1.024 TFLOPS0.03424 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs408

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1270 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth81.28 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.44.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.2

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.

Pro 450 7.06
+2039%
ION 2 0.33

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.

Pro 450 14245
+1868%
ION 2 724

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 HD25
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
4K190−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10 0−1
Battlefield 5 20−22 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry 5 16−18 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+2200%
2−3
−2200%
Hitman 3 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+425%
8−9
−425%
Metro Exodus 20−22 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+89.3%
27−30
−89.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10 0−1
Battlefield 5 20−22 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry 5 16−18 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+2200%
2−3
−2200%
Hitman 3 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+425%
8−9
−425%
Metro Exodus 20−22 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+133%
9−10
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+89.3%
27−30
−89.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry 5 16−18 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+2200%
2−3
−2200%
Hitman 3 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+425%
8−9
−425%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+133%
9−10
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+89.3%
27−30
−89.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Hitman 3 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Metro Exodus 7−8 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+2150%
2−3
−2150%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 0−1
Hitman 3 3−4 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

This is how Pro 450 and ION 2 compete in popular games:

  • Pro 450 is 2400% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Pro 450 is 650% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Pro 450 surpassed ION 2 in all 29 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.06 0.33
Recency 30 October 2016 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 20 Watt

Pro 450 has a 2039.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

ION 2, on the other hand, has 75% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro 450 is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 450 is a mobile workstation card while ION 2 is a mobile workstation one.


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

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