VIA Chrome9 HC vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

Comparative analysis of VIA Chrome9 HC and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT 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 11 month(s) later
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 160
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 March 2007 vs 9 March 2006
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 168 vs 160

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

  • 450x more core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 1 MHz
  • 64.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 258 vs 4
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 450 MHz vs 1 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 258 vs 4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: VIA Chrome9 HC
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4
258
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
168
160
Name VIA Chrome9 HC NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 4 258
PassMark - G2D Mark 168 160

Compare specifications (specs)

VIA Chrome9 HC NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

Essentials

Code name VN896 G71
Launch date 1 March 2007 9 March 2006
Place in performance rating 1019 1020
Type Laptop Desktop
Architecture Curie

Technical info

Boost clock speed 250 MHz
Core clock speed 1 MHz 450 MHz
Pipelines 2
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm
Texture fill rate 10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 48 Watt
Transistor count 278 million

API support

DirectX onboard 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1320 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin