
GeForce 256 DDR and Riva TNT - video card comparison
GeForce 256 DDR
Riva TNT
Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name
NV10 A3
NV4
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 1999
March 1998
Interface
AGP 4x
AGP 2x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
120 MHz
90 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
220 nm
350 nm
Number of transistors
17 million
7 million
Texture fill rate
0.48
0.18
Memory type
DDR
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
32 MB
16 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
300 MHz
110 MHz
Memory bandwidth
4.8 GB/s
1.76 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x VGA
1x VGA
DirectX
7.0
5.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.2
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A