AMD Radeon R6 Graphics vs NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R6 Graphics and NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R6 Graphics

NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 533 MHz vs 143 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 250 nm

Launch date	17 September 2014 vs 12 October 1999
Core clock speed	533 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 250 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO

18.2x more texture fill rate: 286.0 MTexel / s vs 15.72 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	286.0 MTexel / s vs 15.72 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO

Name	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	618
PassMark - G2D Mark	138
Geekbench - OpenCL	3899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	11.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	224.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	45.165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	860
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	860
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3182

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fahrenheit
Code name	Spectre	NV5 B6
Launch date	17 September 2014	12 October 1999
Place in performance rating	1406	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	600 MHz
Core clock speed	533 MHz	143 MHz
Floating-point performance	503.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	250 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	15.72 GTexel / s	286.0 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	2,410 million	15 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	6.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.2
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	SDR
Maximum RAM amount		32 MB
Memory bandwidth		2.672 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		167 MHz