NVIDIA ION 2 vs Intel GMA X3000
What is the difference between NVIDIA ION 2 and Intel GMA X3000. Find out which graphics card has better performance.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
| GT218 | GPU Name | Broadwater |
| N11M-PT1 | Model number | Broadwater-G (Q965) |
| Tesla 2.0 | Architecture | Generation 4.0 |
| TSMC | Foundry | Intel |
| 40 nm | Process Size | 90 nm |
| 260 million | Transistors | unknown |
| 57 mm² | Die Size | unknown |
Graphics Card
| Jun 3rd, 2008 | Release Date | Jun 1st, 2006 |
| ION | Family | GMA Graphics (GMA 3000 IGP) |
| End-of-life | Production | End-of-life |
| PCIe 2.0 x16 | Bus Interface | FSB |
Memory
| System Shared | Memory Size | System Shared |
| System Shared | Memory Type | System Shared |
| System Shared | Memory Bus | System Shared |
| System Dependent | Bandwidth | System Dependent |
Performance
| 2.000 GPixel/s | Pixel fillrate | 2.668 GPixel/s |
| 4.000 GTexel/s | Texture fillrate | 2.668 GTexel/s |
Clock Speeds
| System Shared | Memory Clock | System Shared |
| 500 MHz | GPU Clock | 667 MHz |
Render Config
| 8 | TMUs | 4 |
| 4 | ROPs | 4 |
Board Design
| IGP | Slot Width | IGP |
| 20 W | Thermal design power (TDP) | 13 W |
| No outputs | Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
| 11.1 (10_1) | DirectX | 9.0c |
| 3.3 | OpenGL | 2.0 |
| 1.1 | OpenCL | N/A |
| N/A | Vulkan | N/A |
| 4.1 | Shader Model | 3.0 |