The performance should be not better compared to the integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 in the new Sandy Bridge processors. The only advantage of the 410M are the better graphic drivers by Nvidia.
Like the 500M series, the GeForce 410M supports Bitstream HD Audio (Blu-Ray) output via HDMI. That means the card is able to transfer Dolby True HD and DTS-HD bitstream-wise without quality loss to a HiFi receiver.
The 410M offers the PureVideo HD technology for video decoding. The included Video Processor 4 (VP4) supports feature set C and therefore the GPU is able to fully decode MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 ASP - e.g., DivX or Xvid), VC-1/WMV9, and H.264 (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation, and Deblocking).
Furthermore, the GPU is able to decode two 1080p streams simultaneously (e.g. for Blu-Ray Picture-in-Picture).
Through CUDA, OpenCL, and DirectCompute 2.1 support, the GeForce GT 410M can be of help in general calculations. Furthermore, physics calculations can be theoretically done by the GPU using PhysX (e.g. supported by Mafia 2 or Metro 2033) but the performance wont be sufficient for this.
With rumored 15 Watt TDP, the 410M is also suited for small laptops. However, the integrated Intel HD 3000 needs less power.
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| GeForce 400M Series |
GeForce 410M 24@606MHz
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| Codename | N12M-GS |
| Pipelines | 24 - unified |
| Core Speed * | 606 MHz |
| Shader Speed * | 1212 MHz |
| Memory Speed * | 800 MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Shared Memory | no |
| DirectX | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 |
| Current Consumption | 15 Watt |
| technology | 40 nm |
| Notebook Size | small and light |
| Date of Announcement | 06.01.2011 |
source: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-410M.43891.0.html
