HD Graphics P3000 vs Riva TNT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1162 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Fahrenheit (1998−2000) | Generation 6.0 (2011) |
| GPU code name | NV4 | Sandy Bridge GT2 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 March 1998 (26 years ago) | 1 February 2011 (13 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 | no data | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 90 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7 million | 995 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 350 nm | 32 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 0.18 | 16.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.2592 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 2 |
| TMUs | 2 | 12 |
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 | AGP 2x | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | SDR | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 110 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.76 GB/s | 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 Connectors | 1x VGA | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 5.0 | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.2 | 3.1 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 March 1998 | 1 February 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 350 nm | 32 nm |
HD Graphics P3000 has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 993.8% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Riva TNT and HD Graphics P3000. We've got no test results to judge.
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