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.

VIA Chrome9 HC

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

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

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	1020	1021
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