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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the VIA Chrome9 HC

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 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
4
59
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 1019 1021
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