Riva TNT2 vs A10G

Place in the ranking	183	1592
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	16.69	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2025)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	GA102	NV5
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	12 April 2021 (5 years ago)	12 October 1999 (26 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	9216	no data
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	125 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	28,300 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	492.5	0.25
Floating-point processing power	31.52 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	96	2
TMUs	288	2
Tensor Cores	288	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	72	no data
L1 Cache	9 MB	no data
L2 Cache	6 MB	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	16 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	2.4 GB/s
Resizable BAR	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

1x VGA

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	6.0
Shader Model	6.6	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	3.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A
CUDA	8.6	-
DLSS	+	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

A10G 32.52
+325100%

Riva TNT2 0.01

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

A10G 13598
+453167%

Samples: 6

Riva TNT2 3
Samples: 24

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	32.52	0.01
Recency	12 April 2021	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	16 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	250 nm

A10G has a 325100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 21 years, a 76700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3025% more advanced lithography process.

The A10G is our recommended choice as it beats the Riva TNT2 in performance tests.

Be aware that A10G is a workstation graphics card while Riva TNT2 is a desktop one.