NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR 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 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 143 MHz vs 120 MHz
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 167 MHz vs 143 MHz

Core clock speed	143 MHz vs 120 MHz
Memory clock speed	167 MHz vs 143 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 286.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 220 nm vs 250 nm

Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 286.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	220 nm vs 250 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR
Essentials
Architecture	Fahrenheit	Celsius
Code name	NV5 B6	NV10 A3
Launch date	12 October 1999	11 October 1999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	143 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm	220 nm
Texture fill rate	286.0 MTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Transistor count	15 million	17 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	6.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.672 GB / s	1.144 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	167 MHz	143 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR