GeForce 400 series
| A Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 Founders Edition released in 2010, the series' flagship model | |
| Release date | April 12, 2010 | 
|---|---|
| Codename | GF10x | 
| Architecture | Fermi | 
| Models | GeForce series 
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| Transistors | 260M 40 nm (GT218 - GeForce 405 only) 
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| Cards | |
| Entry-level | 405 GT 420 GT 430 | 
| Mid-range | GT 440 GTS 450 GTX 460 GTX 460 SE GTX 460 SE v2 GTX 465 | 
| High-end | GTX 470 GTX 480 | 
| API support | |
| OpenCL | OpenCL 1.1 | 
| OpenGL | OpenGL 4.6 | 
| History | |
| Predecessor | GeForce 200 series | 
| Successor | GeForce 500 series | 
| Support status | |
| Unsupported | |
The GeForce 400 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia, serving as the introduction of the Fermi microarchitecture. Its release was originally slated in November 2009, however, after delays, it was released on March 26, 2010, with availability following in April 2010.
Its direct competitor was ATI's Radeon HD 5000 series.