NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR vs NVIDIA Riva TNT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR and NVIDIA Riva TNT 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

NVIDIA Riva TNT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 120 MHz vs 90 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 180.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 220 nm vs 350 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 32 MB vs 16 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 300 MHz vs 110 MHz

Launch date	1 February 2000 vs 23 March 1998
Core clock speed	120 MHz vs 90 MHz
Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 180.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	220 nm vs 350 nm
Maximum memory size	32 MB vs 16 MB
Memory clock speed	300 MHz vs 110 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
GPU 2: NVIDIA Riva TNT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR	NVIDIA Riva TNT
PassMark - G2D Mark	201
PassMark - G3D Mark	5

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR	NVIDIA Riva TNT
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Fahrenheit
Code name	NV10 A3	NV4
Launch date	1 February 2000	23 March 1998
Place in performance rating	911	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	120 MHz	90 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	220 nm	350 nm
Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s	180.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	17 million	7 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 2x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	5.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	16 MB
Memory bandwidth	4.8 GB / s	1.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	300 MHz	110 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR