ION 2 and GT218 - video card comparison

ION 2

GT218

Architecture

GT2xx (2009−2012)

Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)

GPU code name

GT218-ION-A3, GT218-ILV-A3

GT218

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

January 2010

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Interface

PCIe 2.0 x16

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Core clock speed

405 / 475 / 535 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

40 nm

40 nm

Number of transistors

260 million

260 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

16

16

Power consumption (TDP)

6/12 Watt

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Texture fill rate

4.000

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Memory type

DDR2, DDR3

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Maximum RAM amount

512 MB

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Memory bus width

64 Bit

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Memory clock speed

790 MHz

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Shared memory

-

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Display Connectors

No outputs

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DirectX

11.1 (10_1)

11.1 (10_1)

CUDA

1.2

1.2

OpenCL

1.1

1.1

OpenGL

3.3

3.3

Shader Model

4.1

4.1

Vulkan

N/A

N/A

PureVideo HD

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VP4