I have seen that a prime number implmentation of the GetHashCode function is being recommend, for example here. However using the following code (in VB, sorry), it seems as if that implementation gives the same hash density as a "naive" xor implementation. If the density is the same, I would suppose there is the same probability of cllision in both implementations. Am I missing anything on why is the prime approach preferred?

I am supossing that if the hash code is a byte I do not lose generality for the integer case.

Sub Main()
    Dim XorHashes(255) As Integer
    Dim PrimeHashes(255) As Integer

    For i = 0 To 255
        For j = 0 To 255
            For k = 0 To 255
                XorHashes(GetXorHash(i, j, k)) += 1
                PrimeHashes(GetPrimeHash(i, j, k)) += 1
            Next
        Next
    Next

    For i = 0 To 255
        Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}, {2}", i, XorHashes(i), PrimeHashes(i))
    Next
    Console.ReadKey()
End Sub

Public Function GetXorHash(ByVal valueOne As Integer, ByVal valueTwo As Integer, ByVal valueThree As Integer) As Byte
    Return CByte((valueOne Xor valueTwo Xor valueThree) Mod 256)
End Function

Public Function GetPrimeHash(ByVal valueOne As Integer, ByVal valueTwo As Integer, ByVal valueThree As Integer) As Byte
    Dim TempHash = 17
    TempHash = 31 * TempHash + valueOne
    TempHash = 31 * TempHash + valueTwo
    TempHash = 31 * TempHash + valueThree

    Return CByte(TempHash Mod 256)
End Function