Radeon R9 390X2 vs Riva TNT2 Ultra

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fahrenheit (1998−2000)	GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code name	NV5 B5	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 March 1999 (26 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data

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	no data	2
Core clock speed	150 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	15 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm	no data
Texture fill rate	0.3	no data
ROPs	2	no data
TMUs	2	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	AGP 4x	no data
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	512
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	5400 Bit
Memory clock speed	183 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	2.928 GB/s	no data

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

1x VGA, 2x S-Video

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	6.0	GDDR5
OpenGL	1.2	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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