Getac S410 Gen 4 laptop review: Simple changes with huge upgrades

The Getac S410 Gen 4 is the 11th gen Intel Tiger Lake-U update to the existing Gen 3 and earlier models. It otherwise shares the same chassis design as its predecessors and so our existing comments on the original 2018 S410 model still apply here.
Our specific review unit is a higher-end configuration with the Core i7-1185U CPU and 1000-nit 1080p IPS touchscreen. Lower-end SKUs are available as detailed by the official specifications sheet below. More information on the G410 series can be found on its product page here.
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Potential Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
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81.7 % | 05/2022 | Getac S410 Gen 4 i7-1185G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 3.2 kg | 34.9 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1080 | |
83.9 % | 09/2021 | Panasonic Toughbook FZ-55 MK2 i7-1185G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 2.3 kg | 33 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1080 | |
81.9 % | 10/2018 | Getac S410 i5-8550U, UHD Graphics 620 | 3.2 kg | 34.9 mm | 14.00" | 1366x768 | |
89.2 % | 03/2019 | Dell Latitude 5420 Rugged-P85G i7-8650U, Radeon RX 540 | 2.8 kg | 32.9 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1080 | |
82.4 % | 12/2021 | Acer Enduro Urban N3 EUN314 i7-1165G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.8 kg | 21.95 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1080 | |
04/2021 | Durabook S14I i7-1165G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 3 kg | 38.1 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1080 |
Case
Communication
WLAN has been upgraded from the Intel 8265 to the AX201 for Wi-Fi 6 compatibility. Real-world transfer rates are at least two times faster based on our tests.
Webcam
The 720p webcam remains unchanged. It would have been great to see an upgrade to 1080p for a crisper picture.

Display
The 1000-nit 1080p IPS panel is a significant upgrade over the 250-nit 768p TN panel on our original 2018 S410 Gen 1. Contrast has even doubled, but color space remains almost unchanged.
Keep in mind that pulse-width modulation is present on all brightness levels even when at maximum. The constant screen flickering may be bothersome to a small subset of users with sensitive eyes.
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Brightness Distribution: 84 %
Center on Battery: 956.9 cd/m²
Contrast: 1181:1 (Black: 0.81 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 6.6 | 0.55-29.43 Ø5.1, calibrated: 4.05
ΔE Greyscale 6 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
39.5% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
57.2% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
38.3% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.19
Getac S410 Gen 4 AU Optronics AUO413D, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00 | Panasonic Toughbook FZ-55 MK2 InfoVision M140NWF5 R3, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00 | Getac S410 CMN N140BGE-E33, TN PED, 1366x768, 14.00 | Dell Latitude 5420 Rugged-P85G AU Optronics AUO523D, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00 | Acer Enduro Urban N3 EUN314 XR140EA6T, IPS, 1920x1080, 14.00 | Durabook S14I KD140N0730A01, TN, 1920x1080, 14.00 | |
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Display | -9% | 6% | 63% | 64% | 14% | |
Display P3 Coverage | 38.3 | 34.8 -9% | 40.46 6% | 62.5 63% | 63.5 66% | 43.55 14% |
sRGB Coverage | 57.2 | 52.2 -9% | 60.9 6% | 92.4 62% | 91.9 61% | 65.4 14% |
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 39.5 | 36 -9% | 41.8 6% | 64.2 63% | 65.5 66% | 45 14% |
Response Times | 1% | 13% | -39% | -19% | 4% | |
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 35.2 ? | 28.4 ? 19% | 41.2 ? -17% | 68 ? -93% | 56 ? -59% | 30.4 ? 14% |
Response Time Black / White * | 31.2 ? | 30 ? 4% | 14 ? 55% | 33.6 ? -8% | 35.2 ? -13% | 11.8 ? 62% |
PWM Frequency | 870 ? | 685 ? -21% | 877 ? 1% | 735 ? -16% | 1000 ? 15% | 304.9 ? -65% |
Screen | 19% | -50% | 19% | 1% | -42% | |
Brightness middle | 956.9 | 1061.1 11% | 265.1 -72% | 1111.7 16% | 487.8 -49% | 1180.7 23% |
Brightness | 984 | 997 1% | 246 -75% | 1026 4% | 464 -53% | 1102 12% |
Brightness Distribution | 84 | 76 -10% | 81 -4% | 80 -5% | 89 6% | 89 6% |
Black Level * | 0.81 | 0.7 14% | 0.58 28% | 0.81 -0% | 0.48 41% | 1.91 -136% |
Contrast | 1181 | 1516 28% | 457 -61% | 1372 16% | 1016 -14% | 618 -48% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 6.6 | 4.64 30% | 14.24 -116% | 3.83 42% | 6.51 1% | 13.45 -104% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 22.94 | 20.92 9% | 26.66 -16% | 7.85 66% | 11.36 50% | 22.52 2% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 4.05 | 2.52 38% | 3.94 3% | 2.98 26% | 1.77 56% | 3.19 21% |
Greyscale dE 2000 * | 6 | 2.8 53% | 14.2 -137% | 5.6 7% | 7.8 -30% | 15.4 -157% |
Gamma | 2.19 100% | 2.08 106% | 2.03 108% | 2.306 95% | 2.28 96% | 1.97 112% |
CCT | 7276 89% | 6364 102% | 17152 38% | 7676 85% | 8102 80% | 21134 31% |
Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) | 38.7 | 59 | 41.6 | |||
Color Space (Percent of sRGB) | 61 | 93 | 65.5 | |||
Total Average (Program / Settings) | 4% /
10% | -10% /
-26% | 14% /
16% | 15% /
10% | -8% /
-22% |
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Color temperature is overly cool which is common on panels with very narrow color ranges. Average DeltaE values do not improve significantly even after calibrating with our own X-Rite colorimeter.
Display Response Times
↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
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31.2 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 19.2 ms rise | |
↘ 12 ms fall | ||
The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 82 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (21.9 ms). | ||
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
35.2 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 17.6 ms rise | |
↘ 17.6 ms fall | ||
The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 41 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is similar to the average of all tested devices (34.5 ms). |
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
Screen flickering / PWM detected | 870 Hz | ≤ 100 % brightness setting | |
The display backlight flickers at 870 Hz (Likely utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 100 % and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting. The frequency of 870 Hz is quite high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. In comparison: 54 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 18982 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. |
Outdoor visibility is good especially when under shade. Nonetheless, brighter displays do exist such as on the Dell Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme and its 1400-nit panel.
Performance
Testing Conditions
Processor
Raw single-thread and multi-thread performance is about 30 percent and 50 percent faster, respectively, than the Core i7-8550U in the original S410. Opting for the lesser Core i5-1135G7 or Core i5-1145G7 is only expected to impact processor performance by about 10 to 15 percent.
Cinebench R15 Multi Loop
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.2 - 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
Lenovo ThinkPad L15 G2 AMD | |
Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (5.02 - 8.13, n=27) | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Getac B360 | |
Dell Latitude 7420 JW6MH | |
Infinix INBook X2 | |
BMAX X14 Pro |
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.2 - 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
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AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
Performance Rating | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Getac B360 | |
Infinix INBook X2 |
AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (5621 - 7453, n=20) | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Getac B360 | |
Infinix INBook X2 |
AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (23248 - 32614, n=20) | |
Getac B360 | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Infinix INBook X2 |
AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (1530 - 2209, n=20) | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Infinix INBook X2 | |
Getac B360 |
AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
Getac B360 | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (44677 - 52815, n=20) | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Infinix INBook X2 |
AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Getac B360 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (3870 - 5027, n=20) | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Infinix INBook X2 |
AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (14584 - 19594, n=20) | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Getac B360 | |
Infinix INBook X2 |
AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Infinix INBook X2 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (33002 - 76826, n=20) | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Getac B360 |
AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Getac B360 | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (258 - 412, n=22) | |
Infinix INBook X2 |
AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (2821 - 4094, n=20) | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Getac B360 | |
Infinix INBook X2 |
AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (22349 - 43701, n=20) | |
Infinix INBook X2 | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Getac B360 | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W |
System Performance
PCMark results are higher than what we observed on the S410 Gen 1 aside from the Productivity subtest likely due to the slower-than-expected SSD performance on our unit as shown in the next section below. The biggest gain can be seen in the Digital Content Creation subtest due to the performance benefits of Iris Xe over the much older UHD Graphics 620.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
MSI Prestige 14 A10SC-009 | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (4424 - 5684, n=20) | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Infinix INBook X2 | |
Getac B360 | |
Getac S410 |
CrossMark / Overall | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (1233 - 1474, n=5) | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W |
CrossMark / Productivity | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (1277 - 1506, n=5) | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W |
CrossMark / Creativity | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (1291 - 1513, n=5) | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W |
CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (969 - 1411, n=5) | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 |
PCMark 10 Score | 4757 points | |
Help |
AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (36515 - 68450, n=20) | |
Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
Infinix INBook X2 | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Getac B360 | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
BMAX X14 Pro | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W |
AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (38394 - 64291, n=20) | |
Infinix INBook X2 | |
Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Getac B360 | |
BMAX X14 Pro | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W |
AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (37684 - 66873, n=20) | |
Infinix INBook X2 | |
Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Getac B360 | |
BMAX X14 Pro | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA |
AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
BMAX X14 Pro | |
Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
Infinix INBook X2 | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Average Intel Core i7-1185G7 (78.3 - 117, n=22) | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Getac B360 |
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DPC Latency
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
BMAX X14 Pro | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
Getac B360 | |
Infinix INBook X2 |
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Storage Devices
Our unit comes with a 256 GB SSSTC CA5 M.2 2280 PCIe3 x4 SSD with advertised sequential read and write rates of 3200 MB/s and 1600 MB/s, respectively. On our unit, however, we're able to reach the maximum write rate without issues while sequential write rates would be unusually slow at around 580 MB/s despite multiple reruns.
Drive Performance Rating - Percent | |
Asus ExpertBook B7 Flip B7402FEA | |
MSI Prestige 14 A10SC-009 -8! | |
Getac B360 | |
Infinix INBook X2 | |
Acer Swift 3 SF314-43-R8BP | |
Dell Latitude 14 5420-D2G5W | |
Getac S410 Gen 4 | |
Getac S410 -8! | |
BMAX X14 Pro |
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