NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 vs NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 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.

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 125 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 800 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
Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 166 MHz vs 143 MHz

Launch date	3 March 2001 vs 12 October 1999
Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 125 MHz
Texture fill rate	800 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	166 MHz vs 143 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400	NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Fahrenheit
Code name	NV11 B2	NV5 B6
Launch date	3 March 2001	12 October 1999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	250 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	250.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	20 million	15 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 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	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	16 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	1.144 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	143 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR