Riva TNT2 vs Radeon Pro 5500 XT
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro 5500 XT with Riva TNT2, including specs and performance data.
Pro 5500 XT outperforms Riva TNT2 by a whopping 189100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 324 | 1592 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 11.66 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Fahrenheit (1998−2000) |
| GPU code name | Navi 14 | NV5 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 August 2020 (5 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 | 1536 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1187 MHz | 125 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1757 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 6,400 million | 15 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 168.7 | 0.25 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.398 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 2 |
| TMUs | 96 | 2 |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 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 4.0 x8 | AGP 4x |
| Width | IGP | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | 8 GB | 16 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 150 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 2.4 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x VGA |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | N/A |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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 | 18.92 | 0.01 |
| Recency | 4 August 2020 | 12 October 1999 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 250 nm |
Pro 5500 XT has a 189100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 20 years, a 51100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3471% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon Pro 5500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Riva TNT2 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro 5500 XT is a workstation graphics card while Riva TNT2 is a desktop one.
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