Riva TNT2 PRO vs GeForce GTX 960

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking341not rated
Place by popularity59not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.05no data
Power efficiency9.16no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code nameGM206NV5 B6
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 January 2015 (9 years ago)12 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores1024no data
Core clock speed1127 MHz143 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,940 million15 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate75.390.29
Floating-point processing power2.413 TFLOPSno data
ROPs322
TMUs642

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
Recommended system power (PSU)400 Wattno data
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 amount4 GB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s167 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.21x VGA
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)6.0
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.41.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 January 2015 12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 250 nm

GTX 960 has an age advantage of 15 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 792.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960 and Riva TNT2 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.


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