Riva TNT2 vs GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1592
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2025)Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code nameGA107NV5
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 December 2021 (4 years ago)12 October 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 cores2048no data
Core clock speed832 MHz125 MHz
Boost clock speed1155 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data15 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Wattno data
Texture fill rate73.920.25
Floating-point processing power4.731 TFLOPSno data
ROPs322
TMUs642
Tensor Cores64no data
Ray Tracing Cores32no data
L1 Cache1 MBno data
L2 Cache2 MBno 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8AGP 4x
Widthno data1-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 typeGDDR6SDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz150 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s2.4 GB/s
Resizable BAR+-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a1x VGA
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)6.0
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.6-
DLSS+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 December 2021 12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 MB
Chip lithography 8 nm 250 nm

RTX 2050 Max-Q has an age advantage of 22 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q and Riva TNT2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook graphics card while Riva TNT2 is a desktop one.

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