Radeon 780M vs VIA Chrome9 HC

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared VIA Chrome9 HC and Radeon 780M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

VIA Chrome9 HC
2007
0.01

780M outperforms VIA Chrome9 HC by a whopping 175100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1518312
Place by popularitynot in top-10062
Power efficiencyno data83.86
Architectureno dataRDNA 3.0 (2022−2025)
GPU code nameVN896Hawx Point
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 March 2007 (17 years ago)6 December 2023 (1 year 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 cores3768
Core clock speed1 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed250 MHz2700 MHz
Number of transistorsno data25,390 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data129.6
Floating-point processing powerno data8.294 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data48
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeonboardSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
Shared memory++

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 Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXonboard12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

VIA Chrome9 HC 0.01
Radeon 780M 17.52
+175100%

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.

VIA Chrome9 HC 4
Radeon 780M 7015
+175275%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD-0−134
1440p-0−118
4K-0−114

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−540%
32
+540%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1850%
39
+1850%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−420%
26
+420%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−650%
15
+650%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−3150%
65
+3150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1333%
40−45
+1333%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−400%
25
+400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−500%
12
+500%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−433%
32
+433%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−2600%
54
+2600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
−3050%
120−130
+3050%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1333%
40−45
+1333%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−1325%
55−60
+1325%
World of Tanks 8−9
−2650%
220−230
+2650%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−540%
30−35
+540%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−500%
12
+500%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−933%
60−65
+933%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−2200%
46
+2200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
−3050%
120−130
+3050%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 0−1 160−170

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−1100%
45−50
+1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−567%
20
+567%
Valorant 4−5
−1050%
45−50
+1050%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 14−16
−40%
21
+40%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−40%
21
+40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−40%
21
+40%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Dota 2 14−16
−107%
30−35
+107%
Valorant 0−1 21−24

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Metro Exodus 44
+0%
44
+0%
Valorant 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Dota 2 29
+0%
29
+0%
Fortnite 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 45
+0%
45
+0%
Metro Exodus 32
+0%
32
+0%
Valorant 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Dota 2 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Valorant 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 18
+0%
18
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 19
+0%
19
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
World of Tanks 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 32
+0%
32
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Fortnite 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 17
+0%
17
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 780M is 3150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 780M is ahead in 28 tests (45%)
  • there's a draw in 34 tests (55%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.01 17.52
Recency 1 March 2007 6 December 2023

Radeon 780M has a 175100% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 16 years.

The Radeon 780M is our recommended choice as it beats the VIA Chrome9 HC in performance tests.

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