Riva 128: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
NVIDIA started Riva 128 sales 1 April 1997. This is a desktop card based on 350 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 4 MB of SDR memory clocked at 0.1 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 1.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via AGP 2x interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 4 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Riva 128: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| GPU code name | NV3 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 1 April 1997 (28 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Riva 128's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Riva 128's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 100 MHz | of 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI) |
| Number of transistors | 4 million | of 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 350 nm | of 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 4 Watt | of 235 (FirePro S9150) |
| Texture fill rate | 0.1 | of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 1 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 1 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Riva 128 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | AGP 2x | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Riva 128: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | SDR | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 MB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 100 MHz | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.6 GB/s | of 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Riva 128. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x VGA, 1x DB13W3 |
API and SDK support
APIs supported by Riva 128, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 5.0 | |
| OpenGL | 1.0 | of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Riva 128 according to our statistics.
