NVIDIA ION 2 vs ATI Radeon X1700 SE

What is the difference between NVIDIA ION 2 and ATI Radeon X1700 SE. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GT218GPU NameRV560
N11M-PT1Model numberRV560 SE
Tesla 2.0ArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size80 nm
260 millionTransistors330 million
57 mm²Die Size230 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 3rd, 2008Release DateNov 30th, 2007
IONFamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1700)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

System SharedMemory Size512 MB
System SharedMemory TypeDDR2
System SharedMemory Bus128 bit
System DependentBandwidth16.00 GB/s

Performance

2.000 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.000 GPixel/s
4.000 GTexel/sTexture fillrate4.000 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

System SharedMemory Clock500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
500 MHzGPU Clock500 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
4ROPs8

Board Design

IGPSlot WidthSingle-slot
20 WThermal design power (TDP)50 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

11.1 (10_1)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.3OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.1Shader Model3.0