VIA Chrome9 HC vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
Comparative analysis of VIA Chrome9 HC and ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the VIA Chrome9 HC
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 250 MHz vs 210 MHz
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 166
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 1 March 2007 vs 1 June 2004 |
| Boost clock speed | 250 MHz vs 210 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 168 vs 166 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
- 250x more core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 1 MHz
- 2x more pipelines: 4 vs 2
- 7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 30 vs 4
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz vs 1 MHz |
| Pipelines | 4 vs 2 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 30 vs 4 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: VIA Chrome9 HC
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
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| Name | VIA Chrome9 HC | ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4 | 30 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 168 | 166 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| VIA Chrome9 HC | ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 | |
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Essentials |
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| Code name | VN896 | M12 |
| Launch date | 1 March 2007 | 1 June 2004 |
| Place in performance rating | 1049 | 1052 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Architecture | Rage 9 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 250 MHz | 210 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 4 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | |
| Texture fill rate | 1 GTexel / s | |
| Transistor count | 76 million | |
API support |
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| DirectX | onboard | 9.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | |
Memory |
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| Shared memory | 1 | no |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 3.89 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 183 Bit | |
| Memory clock speed | 486 MHz | |
| Memory type | 64 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | AGP 4x | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |

