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GeForce 256 DDR and Riva TNT2 - video card comparison


GeForce 256 DDR

Riva TNT2


Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
Fahrenheit (1998−2000)

GPU code name
NV10 A3
NV5

Market segment
Desktop
Desktop

Release date
December 1999
October 1999

Interface
AGP 4x
AGP 4x

Supplementary power connectors
None
None

Core clock speed
120 MHz
125 MHz

Manufacturing process technology
220 nm
250 nm

Number of transistors
17 million
15 million

Texture fill rate
0.48
0.25

Memory type
DDR
SDR

Maximum RAM amount
32 MB
16 MB

Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit

Memory clock speed
300 MHz
150 MHz

Memory bandwidth
4.8 GB/s
2.4 GB/s

Display Connectors
1x VGA
1x VGA

DirectX
7.0
6.0

OpenCL
N/A
N/A

OpenGL
1.2
1.2

Vulkan
N/A
N/A