ION 2 and Iris Xe Graphics 96EU - video card comparison
ION 2
Iris Xe Graphics 96EU
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
Generation 12.2 (2021−2022)
GPU code name
GT218-ION-A3, GT218-ILV-A3
Alder Lake GT1
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2010
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Ring Bus
Boost clock speed
-
1400 MHz
Core clock speed
405 / 475 / 535 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
10 nm
Number of transistors
260 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
768
Power consumption (TDP)
6/12 Watt
45 Watt
Texture fill rate
4.000
67.20
Memory type
DDR2, DDR3
System Shared
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
System Shared
Memory bus width
64 Bit
System Shared
Memory clock speed
790 MHz
System Shared
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
1.2
-
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
3.3
4.6
Shader Model
4.1
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.3