Riva TNT2 vs CMP 30HX

Place in the ranking	447	1592
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.08	no data
Power efficiency	7.19	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	TU116	NV5
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	25 February 2021 (4 years ago)	12 October 1999 (26 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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	1408	no data
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	125 MHz
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,600 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	157.1	0.25
Floating-point processing power	5.027 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	2
TMUs	88	2
L1 Cache	1.4 MB	no data
L2 Cache	1536 KB	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 1.0 x4	AGP 4x
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	6 GB	16 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	2.4 GB/s

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 (12_1)	6.0
Shader Model	6.8	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	3.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.3	N/A
CUDA	7.5	-

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.

CMP 30HX 11.70
+116900%

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.

CMP 30HX 4891
+162933%

Samples: 22

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	11.70	0.01
Recency	25 February 2021	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	16 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	250 nm

CMP 30HX has a 116900% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 21 years, a 38300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1983.3% more advanced lithography process.

The CMP 30HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Riva TNT2 in performance tests.

Be aware that CMP 30HX is a workstation graphics card while Riva TNT2 is a desktop one.