Riva TNT2 vs GeForce 9500 GT

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	Tesla (2006−2010)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	G96	NV5
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	29 July 2008 (16 years ago)	12 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$85.99	no data

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	32	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	125 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	9.600	0.25
Floating-point processing power	0.096 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	2
TMUs	16	2

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 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	175 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR3	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)	2.4 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 Connectors	Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI	1x VGA
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	6.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 July 2008	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	250 nm

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