RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs Riva 128 PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated4
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.92
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNV3AD102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 April 1997 (27 years ago)5 January 2024 (less than a year 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 coresno data14080
Core clock speed100 MHz975 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2460 MHz
Number of transistors4 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology350 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt285 Watt
Texture fill rate0.11,082
Floating-point processing powerno data69.27 TFLOPS
ROPs1176
TMUs1440
Tensor Coresno data440
Ray Tracing Coresno data110

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 typeSDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 MB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed100 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.6 GB/s864.0 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 Connectors1x VGA, 1x DB13W34x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX5.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL1.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 1997 5 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount 4 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 350 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 285 Watt

Riva 128 PCI has 7025% lower power consumption.

RTX 5880 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 26 years, a 1228700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 6900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Riva 128 PCI and RTX 5880 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Riva 128 PCI is a desktop card while RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA Riva 128 PCI
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