Radeon HD 4200 and ION 2 - video card comparison
Radeon HD 4200
ION 2
Architecture
RV6xx (2007−2010)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
RV620
GT218-ION-A3, GT218-ILV-A3
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
September 2009
January 2010
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Core clock speed
500 MHz
405 / 475 / 535 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
181 million
260 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
40
16
Power consumption (TDP)
-
6/12 Watt
Texture fill rate
2.000
4.000
Memory type
System Shared
DDR2, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
System Shared
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
System Shared
790 MHz
Shared memory
+
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
-
1.2
OpenCL
1.0
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
3.3
Shader Model
4.1
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A