VIA Chrome9 HC vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Comparative analysis of VIA Chrome9 HC and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 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 FX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the VIA Chrome9 HC

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later

Launch date	1 March 2007 vs 6 March 2003

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

325x more core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 1 MHz
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 1 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13 vs 4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: VIA Chrome9 HC
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

Name	VIA Chrome9 HC	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	4	13
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	168

Compare specifications (specs)

	VIA Chrome9 HC	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Essentials
Code name	VN896	NV31 A1
Launch date	1 March 2007	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1019	1022
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		Rankine
Technical info
Boost clock speed	250 MHz
Core clock speed	1 MHz	325 MHz
Pipelines	2
Manufacturing process technology		130 nm
Texture fill rate		1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		37 Watt
Transistor count		80 million
API support
DirectX	onboard	9.0a
OpenGL		1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		550 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None