GeForce FX 5500 and Riva TNT2 PRO - video card comparison
GeForce FX 5500
Riva TNT2 PRO
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name
NV34 B1
NV5 B6
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2004
October 1999
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
270 MHz
143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
250 nm
Number of transistors
45 million
15 million
Texture fill rate
1.080
0.29
Memory type
DDR
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
32 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
332 MHz
167 MHz
Memory bandwidth
5.312 GB/s
2.672 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x VGA
DirectX
9.0a
6.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A