GeForce 7800 GT and ION 2 - video card comparison
GeForce 7800 GT
ION 2
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
G70
GT218-ION-A3, GT218-ILV-A3
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
August 2005
January 2010
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
-
Core clock speed
400 MHz
405 / 475 / 535 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
302 million
260 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
16
Power consumption (TDP)
65 Watt
6/12 Watt
Texture fill rate
8.000
4.000
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR2, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
790 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
No outputs
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
-
1.2
OpenCL
N/A
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
3.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A