Riva TNT2 vs Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	1592
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	Tahiti	NV5
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	31 January 2012 (14 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 cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	800 MHz	125 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	38.40	0.25
Floating-point processing power	1.229 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	48	2
L1 Cache	192 KB	no data
L2 Cache	768 KB	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	GDDR5	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	16 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	2.4 GB/s

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x VGA
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	6.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	31 January 2012	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	16 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	250 nm