Riva TNT2 PRO vs GRID K120Q

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1154not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.06no data
Power efficiency0.40no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code nameGK107NV5 B6
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date2 July 2014 (10 years ago)12 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$125 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192no data
Core clock speed850 MHz143 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million15 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Wattno data
Texture fill rate13.600.29
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs162

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed891 MHz167 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/s2.672 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)6.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 July 2014 12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 250 nm

GRID K120Q has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 792.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GRID K120Q and Riva TNT2 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GRID K120Q is a workstation graphics card while Riva TNT2 PRO is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GRID K120Q
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