GeForce 400 series

GeForce 400 series
A Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 Founders Edition released in 2010, the series' flagship model
Release dateApril 12, 2010 (April 12, 2010)
CodenameGF10x
ArchitectureFermi
ModelsGeForce series
  • GeForce GT series
  • GeForce GTS series
  • GeForce GTX series
Transistors260M 40 nm (GT218 - GeForce 405 only)
  • 585M 40 nm (GF108)
  • 1.170M 40 nm (GF106)
  • 1.950M 40 nm (GF104)
  • 1.950M 40 nm (GF114)
  • 3.200M 40 nm (GF100)
Cards
Entry-level405
GT 420
GT 430
Mid-rangeGT 440
GTS 450
GTX 460
GTX 460 SE
GTX 460 SE v2
GTX 465
High-endGTX 470
GTX 480
API support
OpenCLOpenCL 1.1
OpenGLOpenGL 4.6
History
PredecessorGeForce 200 series
SuccessorGeForce 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.