Riva 128 vs GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)no data
GPU code nameGK208NV3
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)1 April 1997 (27 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed902 MHz100 MHz
Number of transistors915 million4 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm350 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt4 Watt
Texture fill rate28.860.1
Floating-point processing power0.6927 TFLOPSno data
ROPs81
TMUs321

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 2.0 x8AGP 2x
Length115 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount2 GB4 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz100 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s1.6 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)5.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 May 2013 1 April 1997
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 350 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 4 Watt

GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8 has an age advantage of 16 years, a 51100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.

Riva 128, on the other hand, has 525% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8 and Riva 128. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
NVIDIA Riva 128
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