ATI Radeon DDR vs NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon DDR and NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon DDR

NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon DDR

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 166 MHz vs 125 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 996 MTexel / s vs 250.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 180 nm vs 250 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 32 MB vs 16 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 332 MHz vs 143 MHz

Launch date	1 April 2000 vs 12 October 1999
Core clock speed	166 MHz vs 125 MHz
Texture fill rate	996 MTexel / s vs 250.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm vs 250 nm
Maximum memory size	32 MB vs 16 MB
Memory clock speed	332 MHz vs 143 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon DDR	NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Fahrenheit
Code name	Rage 6	NV5 B6
Launch date	1 April 2000	12 October 1999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	166 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	250 nm
Texture fill rate	996 MTexel / s	250.0 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	30 million	15 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	16 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.31 GB / s	1.144 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	143 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR