ION vs ATI Radeon X850 PRO

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon X850 PRO with ION, including specs and performance data.

ATI X850 PRO
2004
256 MB GDDR3
0.19

ION outperforms ATI X850 PRO by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13961376
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.75
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameR480C7A-ION
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 December 2004 (20 years ago)3 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data16
Core clock speed507 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors160 million282 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data20 Watt
Texture fill rate6.0843.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs124
TMUs128

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 1.0 x16PCI
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed520 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth33.28 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGL2.03.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/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 X850 PRO 0.19
ION 0.22
+15.8%

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 X850 PRO 72
ION 84
+16.7%

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 0.19 0.22
Recency 1 December 2004 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 130 nm 65 nm

ION has a 15.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The ION is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X850 PRO in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon X850 PRO 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.

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