GeForce 256 SDR vs HD Graphics 610

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking916not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency25.35no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT1NV10 A3
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)11 October 1999 (25 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 cores96no data
Core clock speed300 MHz120 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million17 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm++220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)5 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.800.48
Floating-point processing power0.1728 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24
TMUs124

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).

InterfaceRing BusAGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4SDR
Maximum RAM amount32 GB32 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared143 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1.144 GB/s
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x VGA

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)7.0
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.3N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 August 2016 11 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 220 nm

HD Graphics 610 has an age advantage of 16 years, a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 610 and GeForce 256 SDR. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 610 is a notebook card while GeForce 256 SDR is a desktop one.


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Intel HD Graphics 610
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