Mobility Radeon 9700 SE vs Riva TNT2 M64 Vanta

Primary details

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	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)	Rage 8 (2002−2006)
GPU code name	NV5 B5	M10
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	22 March 1999 (25 years ago)	1 June 2004 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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	100 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	15 million	76 million
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	0.2	1.000

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	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	SDR	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	16 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	133 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	1.064 GB/s	3.2 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 Connectors

1x VGA

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	6.0	9.0 (9_0)
OpenGL	1.2	2.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 March 1999	1 June 2004
Maximum RAM amount	16 MB	128 MB
Chip lithography	250 nm	130 nm

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