Radeon RX Vega 3 vs VIA Chrome9 HC

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared VIA Chrome9 HC and Radeon RX Vega 3, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

VIA Chrome9 HC
2007
0.01

RX Vega 3 outperforms Chrome9 HC by a whopping 25900% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1574839
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.98
Architectureno dataGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameVN896Picasso
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 March 2007 (18 years ago)6 January 2019 (6 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 cores3192
Core clock speed1 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed250 MHz1001 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,940 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.01
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3844 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno 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 dataIGP
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

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectXonboard12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

Synthetic benchmarks

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
RX Vega 3 2.60
+25900%

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
Samples: 57
RX Vega 3 1149
+28625%
Samples: 2861

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-0−112

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 6−7
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−60%
8
+60%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 6−7
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
−117%
12−14
+117%
Valorant 21−24
−95.7%
45−50
+95.7%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 9−10
−156%
23
+156%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 6−7
Dota 2 7−8
−200%
21
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
−117%
12−14
+117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−50%
6
+50%
Valorant 21−24
−95.7%
45−50
+95.7%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 6−7
Dota 2 7−8
−171%
19
+171%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
−117%
12−14
+117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+0%
4
+0%
Valorant 21−24
−95.7%
45−50
+95.7%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 0−1 24−27

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Valorant 0−1 14−16

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 29
+0%
29
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 7
+0%
7
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 22
+0%
22
+0%
Far Cry 5 5
+0%
5
+0%
Fortnite 14
+0%
14
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 9
+0%
9
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 5
+0%
5
+0%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Fortnite 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 9
+0%
9
+0%
Metro Exodus 2
+0%
2
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 3 is 600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega 3 performs better in 22 tests (43%)
  • there's a draw in 29 tests (57%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.01 2.60
Recency 1 March 2007 6 January 2019

RX Vega 3 has a 25900% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 11 years.

The Radeon RX Vega 3 is our recommended choice as it beats the VIA Chrome9 HC in performance tests.

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