Riva TNT2 vs GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Place in the ranking	178	1524
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	16.34	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	GA106	NV5
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	4 January 2022 (2 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 cores	2560	no data
Core clock speed	1515 MHz	125 MHz
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	12,000 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	140.4	0.25
Floating-point processing power	8.986 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	80	2
Tensor Cores	80	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	20	no data

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 4.0 x8	AGP 4x
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-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	GDDR6	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x VGA
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	6.0
Shader Model	6.6	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	3.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.3	N/A
CUDA	8.6	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3050 OEM 30.98
+309700%

Riva TNT2 0.01

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 3050 OEM 11936
+397767%

Riva TNT2 3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	30.98	0.01
Recency	4 January 2022	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	250 nm

RTX 3050 OEM has a 309700% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 22 years, a 51100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3025% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Riva TNT2 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.