Riva TNT2 PRO vs GeForce GTX 660

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking433not rated
Place by popularity58not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.27no data
Power efficiency5.15no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code nameGK106NV5 B6
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 September 2012 (12 years ago)12 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores960no data
Core clock speed980 MHz143 MHz
Boost clock speed1033 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,540 million15 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Wattno data
Texture fill rate82.560.29
Floating-point processing power1.981 TFLOPSno data
ROPs242
TMUs802

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR5128 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s167 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s2.672 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort1x VGA
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)6.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.31.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 September 2012 12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 250 nm

GTX 660 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 792.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 and Riva TNT2 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.


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