Sandy Bridge GT1 vs GeForce 410M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1142	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Generation 6.0 (2011)
GPU code name	N12M-GS	Sandy Bridge GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	no data
Current price	$163	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	48
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	292 million	504 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	4.600	no data
Floating-point performance	110.4 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	73	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 410M and Sandy Bridge GT1 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no 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 type	DDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no 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 Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	+	3.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

40 nm

32 nm

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