NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta-16 vs ATI Rage Mobility-M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta-16 and ATI Rage Mobility-M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta-16

ATI Rage Mobility-M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta-16

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 100 MHz vs 75 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 200.0 MTexel / s vs 75.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 250 nm vs 350 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 MB vs 8 MB
Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 133 MHz vs 70 MHz

Launch date	22 March 1999 vs 1 February 1999
Core clock speed	100 MHz vs 75 MHz
Texture fill rate	200.0 MTexel / s vs 75.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm vs 350 nm
Maximum memory size	16 MB vs 8 MB
Memory clock speed	133 MHz vs 70 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta-16	ATI Rage Mobility-M
Essentials
Architecture	Fahrenheit	Rage 4
Code name	NV5 B6	Rage Mobility
Launch date	22 March 1999	1 February 1999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	100 MHz	75 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm	350 nm
Texture fill rate	200.0 MTexel / s	75.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	15 million	4 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 2x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	6.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 MB	8 MB
Memory bandwidth	1.064 GB / s	560 MB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	133 MHz	70 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR