Riva TNT2 vs GeForce GTX 260 216

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	1521
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	GT200	NV5
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 September 2008 (16 years ago)	12 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data

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 cores	216	no data
Core clock speed	576 MHz	125 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	182 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	41.47	0.25
Floating-point processing power	0.5365 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	28	2
TMUs	72	2

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None

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 type	GDDR3	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	16 MB
Memory bus width	448 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB/s	2.4 GB/s

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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	6.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.3	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 September 2008	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	16 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	250 nm

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