Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB vs Riva TNT2 Ultra

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFahrenheit (1998−2000)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV5 B5GA10B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 March 1999 (25 years ago)February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $899

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 coresno data1792
Core clock speed150 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors15 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology250 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data40 Watt
Texture fill rate0.352.08
Floating-point processing powerno data3.333 TFLOPS
ROPs224
TMUs256
Tensor Coresno data56

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x4
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeSDRLPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount32 MB32 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed183 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth2.928 GB/s204.8 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 Connectors1x VGA, 2x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX6.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 32 GB
Chip lithography 250 nm 8 nm

Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB has a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Riva TNT2 Ultra and Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Riva TNT2 Ultra is a desktop card while Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra
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