NVIDIA ION 2
VS
Matrox Parhelia-LX
NVIDIA ION 2
VS
Matrox Parhelia-LX

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA ION 2 and Matrox Parhelia-LX. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1036
Place in performance rating
not rated
GT2xx
Architecture
Parhelia
10 January 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
2 January 2002 (19 years ago)
$622
Price now
$541
GT218-ION-A3, GT218-ILV-A3
GPU code name
Parhelia-LX
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA ION 2 and Matrox Parhelia-LX based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

405 / 475 / 535 MHz
Core clock speed
250 MHz
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
4.000
Texture fill rate
1.000
16
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
260 million
Number of transistors
80 million
20 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA ION 2 and Matrox Parhelia-LX.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
AGP 8x
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA ION 2 and Matrox Parhelia-LX can be seen in this section.

DDR2, DDR3
Memory type
DDR
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
790 MHz
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA ION 2 and Matrox Parhelia-LX, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA ION 2 and Matrox Parhelia-LX. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

no data
DirectX
8.1
no data
OpenGL
1.3
no data
Vulkan
N/A
no data
OpenCL
N/A

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA ION 2 and Matrox Parhelia-LX graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA ION 2 or Matrox Parhelia-LX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA ION 2
Matrox Parhelia-LX
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA ION 2
Matrox Parhelia-LX
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA ION 2
Matrox Parhelia-LX
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA ION 2
Matrox Parhelia-LX
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA ION 2
Matrox Parhelia-LX
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA ION 2

1.74% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 150 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 128 MB)

Advantages of Matrox Parhelia-LX

Cheaper ($541 vs $622)

So, NVIDIA ION 2 or Matrox Parhelia-LX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA ION 2 .

NVIDIA ION 2 versus Matrox Parhelia-LX performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA ION 2
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Matrox Parhelia-LX