Riva TNT2 Ultra vs Titan X Pascal
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 152 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 6.89 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.91 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Fahrenheit (1998−2000) |
| GPU code name | GP102 | NV5 B5 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 August 2016 (8 years ago) | 15 March 1999 (25 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,199 | $299 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 3584 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1417 MHz | 150 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1531 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 11,800 million | 15 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 342.9 | 0.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 10.97 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 96 | 2 |
| TMUs | 224 | 2 |
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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
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 | GDDR5X | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1251 MHz | 183 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 480.4 GB/s | 2.928 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x VGA, 2x S-Video |
| HDMI | + | - |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 August 2016 | 15 March 1999 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 250 nm |
Titan X Pascal has an age advantage of 17 years, a 38300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1462.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Titan X Pascal and Riva TNT2 Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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