VIA Chrome9 HC vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Comparative analysis of VIA Chrome9 HC and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE 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.

VIA Chrome9 HC

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Differences

Reasons to consider the VIA Chrome9 HC

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2007 vs 30 September 2005
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 166

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

275x more core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 1 MHz
14.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 1 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	59 vs 4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: VIA Chrome9 HC
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

166

Name	VIA Chrome9 HC	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
PassMark - G3D Mark	4	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	166

Compare specifications (specs)

	VIA Chrome9 HC	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
Essentials
Code name	VN896	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 March 2007	30 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1049	1051
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		Curie
Technical info
Boost clock speed	250 MHz
Core clock speed	1 MHz	275 MHz
Pipelines	2
Manufacturing process technology		130 nm
Texture fill rate		2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count		222 million
API support
DirectX	onboard	9.0c
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		8.51 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		532 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None