Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta vs GeForce 805A
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015) | Fahrenheit (1998−2000) |
| GPU code name | GK208 | NV5 B5 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 July 2014 (11 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 | 192 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 719 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 758 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 915 million | 15 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 12.13 | 0.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2911 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 2 |
| TMUs | 16 | 2 |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 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 3.0 x8 | AGP 4x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | DDR3 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1001 MHz | 133 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 16.02 GB/s | 1.064 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 (11_0) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 July 2014 | 22 March 1999 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 250 nm |
GeForce 805A has an age advantage of 15 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 792.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 805A and Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 805A is a notebook graphics card while Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta is a desktop one.
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