Riva TNT2 PRO vs GeForce GT 745M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking789not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.36no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code nameGK107NV5 B6
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 April 2013 (11 years ago)12 October 1999 (25 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384no data
Core clock speed549 MHz143 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million15 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate17.570.29
Floating-point processing power0.4216 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs322

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5SDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 MB
Standard memory configurationDDR3/GDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz167 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s2.672 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API6.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.2
OpenCL1.1N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2013 12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 250 nm

GT 745M has an age advantage of 13 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 792.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 745M and Riva TNT2 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 745M is a notebook card while Riva TNT2 PRO is a desktop one.


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