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NVIDIA GeForce 610M

The NVIDIA GeForce 610M is an entry level dedicated laptop graphics card and based on the same GF119 chip like the Geforce GT 520MGeForce GT 520MX and Geforce 710M. The clock rates can be up to 900MHz like the 520MX but also variants with lower clocks than the GT 520M can be found (e.g. Acer Aspire 5750G wat 672 MHz). Using DDR3, the 64 Bit memory bus may become a bottleneck for the graphics card.

Architecture

The GF119 offers 48 ALUs, 8 texture units and a 64 Bit memory interface for DDR3-VRAM. Therefore, it is similar to a half GF108 (GeForce GT 540M) but is manufactured with optimized transistors. As a difference the amount of raster-operation-processors (ROP) stayed the same at 4. The GF119 is the smallest chip of the Fermi generation and is used for low-end laptops.

Performance

As an entry level card, the (GT) 610M has to compete against the Intel HD Graphics 3000 and HD Graphics 4000. The performance depends on the chip clock speeds of the 610M and therefore ranges between the GeForce GT 520M and GT 520MX. Therefore demanding games like Crysis 2 or Mafia 2 run fluently only in the lowest detail and resolutions. Less demanding games like Fifa 11 or Sims 3 should be playable even in high detail settings.

Features

Like 500M series chips, the 610M 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 to a HiFi receiver without quality loss.

The 610M offers the PureVideo HD technology for video decoding. The included Video Processor 5 (VP5) supports feature set D 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). Compared to the older VP4, the VP5 offers faster decodes at lower power, HD-to-SD transcodes and 4K x 4K resolution H.264 decode support.

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 610M can be of help in general calculations. For example, the stream processor can encode videos considerably faster than a fast CPU can. Furthermore, physics calculations can be theoretically done by the GPU using PhysX (e.g. supported by Mafia 2 or Metro 2033) but the performance will not be sufficient for this.

CodenameN13M-GE
ArchitectureFermi
Pipelines48 - unified
Core Speed672 - 900 (Boost) MHz
Shader Speed1344 - 1800 MHz
Memory Speed1800 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.0
Transistor Count585 Million
technology40 nm
Date of Announcement06.12.2011

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 4333     avg: 4604     median: 4598 (6%)     max: 4886 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
36 41.4 49 ~ 42 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
16.1 20 24 ~ 20 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
9 10.1 12 ~ 10 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
25.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
16.9  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
11.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
85.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
34.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
19.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
19  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
12.5  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
low 800x600
167.8 182 ~ 175 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
81.7 93 ~ 87 fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
56.9 68 ~ 62 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
F1 2011

F1 2011

2011
low 800x600
75  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
38  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
21  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
52 53 ~ 53 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
20 22 ~ 21 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Dirt 3

Dirt 3

2011
low 800x600
86  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
34.6  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
22  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Crysis 2

Crysis 2

2011
low 800x600
29.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
20.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
14.6  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 800x600
63.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
40.3  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
30.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
low 800x600
33.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
24.8  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
20.4  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
132 136.7 ~ 134 fps    + Compare
med. 1360x768
23 24.1 ~ 24 fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
15 16.1 ~ 16 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 800x600
24.9 33.6 ~ 29 fps    + Compare
med. 1360x768
14.4 20.2 ~ 17 fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Sims 3

Sims 3

2009
low 800x600
173.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
45.1  fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
21.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
low 800x600
105  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
77  fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
21  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Star Wars: The Old Republic42.612.1
Anno 2070422010
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim25.516.911.1
CoD: Modern Warfare 385.534.419.9
Battlefield 31912.5
Fifa 121758762
F1 2011753821
Deus Ex Human Revolution5321
Dirt 38634.622
Crysis 229.720.414.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops63.540.330.4
Mafia 233.224.820.4
StarCraft 21342416
Metro 20332917
Sims 3173.345.121.8
World of Warcraft1057721
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Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce 610M graphics card

 

Review Packard Bell EasyNote TK85-JN-105GE Notebook

Two year old hardware! Even though Intel is about to release the third generation Ivy Bridge Core i3 processors, Packard Bell has released a laptop packing Arra...
Intel Core i3-380M | NVIDIA GeForce 610M | 15.60" | 2.4 kg
 

Review Lenovo IdeaPad U410-MAH6MGE Notebook

Aluminum armor on the cheap (?). This statement does not necessarily apply to raw material prices. Lenovo is trying to bring top quality materials to the masses...
Intel Core i5-3317U | NVIDIA GeForce 610M | 14.00" | 1.8 kg
 

Review Asus U44SG Notebook

Like a Piece of Paper in the Wind. Thin, quiet and light - these words describe the ideal notebook for use on-the-go. What if it offered good performance as wel...
Intel Core i7-2640M | NVIDIA GeForce 610M | 14.00" | 1.7 kg
 

Review Acer Aspire 5750G-2354G50Mnkk Notebook

The new entry level. Acer doesn't dare making any extensive experiments on the Aspire 5750G. Rather than installing a GeForce GT 520M or GT 540M, a GeForce 610M...
Intel Core i3-2350M | NVIDIA GeForce 610M | 15.60" | 2.5 kg

Asus X55VD-SX202H: Intel Core i3-3120M, 15.60", 2.6 kg
  External Review » Asus X55VD-SX202H

Asus AIO ET2220INTI-B007K: Intel Core i5-3320M, 21.50", 8.7 kg
  External Review » Asus AIO ET2220INTI-B007K

Lenovo IdeaPad U410-59349094: Intel Core i3-2377M, 14.00", 1.8 kg
  External Review » Lenovo IdeaPad U410-59349094

Asus R500VD-SX649H: Intel Core i5-3230M, 15.60", 2.5 kg
  External Review » Asus R500VD-SX649H

HP Spectre One-C3T11EA: Intel Core i5-3470, 23.60", 7 kg
  External Review » HP Spectre One-C3T11EA

Lenovo IdeaPad N581-MBA4MGE: Intel Core i5-3210M, 15.60", 2.6 kg
  External Review » Lenovo IdeaPad N581-MBA4MGE

Acer Aspire 5742G-384G32MN: Intel Core i3-380M, 15.60", 2.3 kg
  External Review » Acer Aspire 5742G-384G32MN

Asus K55VD-SX071V: Intel Core i5-3210M, 15.60", 2.5 kg
  External Review » Asus K55VD-SX071V

Lenovo IdeaPad U410-MAH6MGE : Intel Core i5-3317U, 14.00", 1.8 kg
  External Review » Lenovo IdeaPad U410-MAH6MGE

Asus K53SV-SX486V: Intel Core i7-2670QM, 15.60", 2.6 kg
  External Review » Asus K53SV-SX486V

Asus K95VM-YZ001V: Intel Core i7-3610QM, 18.40", 4.1 kg
  External Review » Asus K95VM-YZ001V

Asus U44SG-WO044V: Intel Core i7-2640M, 14.00", 1.7 kg
  External Review » Asus U44SG-WO044V

Asus A43SD: Intel Core i3-2350M, 14.00", 2.4 kg
  External Review » Asus A43SD

Acer Aspire 5750G-2354G50Mnkk: Intel Core i3-2350M, 15.60", 2.5 kg
  External Review » Acer Aspire 5750G-2354G50Mnkk

Lenovo IdeaPad U410: unknown, 14.00", 1.9 kg
  External Review » Lenovo IdeaPad U410

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