Riva TNT2 vs GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Place in the ranking	300	1524
Place by popularity	17	not in top-100
Power efficiency	28.66	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	GA107	NV5
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	17 December 2021 (3 years ago)	12 October 1999 (25 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	2048	no data
Core clock speed	1185 MHz	125 MHz
Boost clock speed	1477 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	94.53	0.25
Floating-point processing power	6.05 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	64	2
Tensor Cores	256	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	32	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).

Laptop size	large	no data
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	GDDR6	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x VGA
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	6.0
Shader Model	6.6	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	3.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.3	N/A
CUDA	8.6	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	42	-0−1
1440p	33	-0−1
4K	25	-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	36	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	49	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	30	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	21	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	76	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	49	0−1
Metro Exodus	50−55	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45	0−1
Valorant	87	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	27	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	15	0−1
Dota 2	85	0−1
Far Cry 5	70	0−1
Fortnite	100−105	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	63	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	50−55	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	69	0−1
Metro Exodus	50−55	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60	0−1
Valorant	43	0−1
World of Tanks	220−230	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	30−35	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	13	0−1
Dota 2	110	0−1
Far Cry 5	60−65	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	56	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	33	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130	0−1
Valorant	75−80	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	37	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	37	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18	0−1
World of Tanks	120−130	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	16−18	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	0−1
Far Cry 5	45−50	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	47	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	30−33	0−1
Metro Exodus	40−45	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27	0−1
Valorant	45−50	0−1

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20	0−1
Dota 2	30−35	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35	0−1
Metro Exodus	14−16	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	18−20	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7	0−1
Dota 2	34	0−1
Far Cry 5	24−27	0−1
Fortnite	21−24	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	27−30	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	14−16	0−1
Valorant	21−24	0−1

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.02	0.01
Recency	17 December 2021	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	250 nm

RTX 2050 Mobile has a 180100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 22 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3025% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Riva TNT2 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is a notebook card while Riva TNT2 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.