Riva TNT2 vs RTX A2000 Max-Q

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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
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code nameGA106NV5
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date12 April 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 cores2560no data
Core clock speed682 MHz125 MHz
Boost clock speed1207 MHzno data
Number of transistors12,000 million15 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)95 Wattno data
Texture fill rate96.560.25
Floating-point processing power6.18 TFLOPSno data
ROPs482
TMUs802
Tensor Cores80no data
Ray Tracing Cores20no 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 4.0 x16AGP 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 width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz150 MHz
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/s2.4 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x VGA

API compatibility

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-

Pros & cons summary


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

RTX A2000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 21 year, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A2000 Max-Q and Riva TNT2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A2000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while Riva TNT2 is a desktop one.


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