Riva TNT2 vs GeForce MX230

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	643	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	GP108	NV5
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	21 February 2019 (5 years ago)	12 October 1999 (24 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	256	no data
Core clock speed	1519 MHz	125 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,800 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	25.31	0.25
Floating-point processing power	0.81 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Width	no data	1-slot
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	2 GB	16 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	2.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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

No outputs

1x VGA

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	6.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	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	21 February 2019	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	250 nm

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