Riva TNT2 PRO vs Radeon X550 HyperMemory

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rage 9 (2003−2008)	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)
GPU code name	RV370	NV5 B6
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 July 2005 (18 years ago)	12 October 1999 (24 years ago)
Current price	$276	no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed	400 MHz	143 MHz
Number of transistors	107 million	15 million
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	250 nm
Texture fill rate	1.600	0.29

Size and 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 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

Memory

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	DDR2	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	167 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	2.672 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 VGA, 1x S-Video

1x VGA

API support

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

DirectX	9.0	6.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.2
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	1 July 2005	12 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Chip lithography	110 nm	250 nm

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