NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs VIA Chrome9 HC

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and VIA Chrome9 HC videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

VIA Chrome9 HC

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
1836x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 1 MHz
64x more pipelines: 128 vs 2
150.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 601 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2009 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 1 MHz
Pipelines	128 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	601 vs 4

Reasons to consider the VIA Chrome9 HC

2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 59

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: VIA Chrome9 HC

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

601

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	VIA Chrome9 HC
PassMark - G3D Mark	601	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	VIA Chrome9 HC
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G92B	VN896
Launch date	4 March 2009	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1038	1027
Price now	$114.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	1 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	2
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	754 million
Boost clock speed		250 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	onboard
OpenGL	3.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI