VIA Chrome9 HC vs GeForce FX 5600

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)no data
GPU code nameNV31VN896
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 March 2003 (21 year ago)1 March 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data3
Core clock speed325 MHz1 MHz
Boost clock speedno data250 MHz
Number of transistors80 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)37 Wattno data
Texture fill rate1.300no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 8xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRonboard
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0aonboard
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FX 5600 12
+200%
VIA Chrome9 HC 4

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 1 March 2007

VIA Chrome9 HC has an age advantage of 3 years.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5600 and VIA Chrome9 HC. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5600 is a desktop card while VIA Chrome9 HC is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
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