Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta vs FirePro M4000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 761 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.86 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Fahrenheit (1998−2000) |
| GPU code name | Chelsea | NV5 B5 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 June 2012 (13 years ago) | 22 March 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 | 512 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 675 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 15 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 21.60 | 0.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6912 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 2 |
| TMUs | 32 | 2 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | n/a | no data |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | AGP 4x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Form factor | MXM-A | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR5 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 133 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 1.064 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 |
| StereoOutput3D | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 June 2012 | 22 March 1999 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 250 nm |
FirePro M4000 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 792.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M4000 and Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M4000 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta is a desktop one.
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