Riva TNT2 vs Quadro RTX 5000

Place in the ranking	98	1519
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.27	no data
Power efficiency	12.52	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	TU104	NV5
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	13 August 2018 (6 years ago)	12 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,299	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	3072	no data
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	125 MHz
Boost clock speed	1815 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,600 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	230 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	348.5	0.25
Floating-point processing power	11.15 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	2
TMUs	192	2
Tensor Cores	384	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	48	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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	16 GB	16 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	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

4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	6.0
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	7.5	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 5000 41.38
+413700%

Riva TNT2 0.01

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 5000 15962
+531967%

Riva TNT2 3

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	41.38	0.01
Recency	13 August 2018	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	250 nm

RTX 5000 has a 413700% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 18 years, a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1983.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Riva TNT2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 5000 is a workstation graphics 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.