
ION 2 and Iris Xe MAX Graphics - video card comparison
ION 2
Iris Xe MAX Graphics
Architecture
GT2xx (2009−2012)
Gen. 12 Xe (2020)
GPU code name
GT218-ION-A3, GT218-ILV-A3
iDG1LPDEV
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2010
October 2020
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x4
Boost clock speed
-
1650 MHz
Core clock speed
405 / 475 / 535 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
10 nm
Number of transistors
260 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
96
Power consumption (TDP)
6/12 Watt
25 Watt
Texture fill rate
4.000
79.20
Memory type
DDR2, DDR3
LPDDR4x
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
4 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
790 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
68.26 GB/s
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
1.2