NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M videocard review

GeForce GT 420M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 3 September 2010. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF108.

Core clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 6.0 billion / sec. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 192 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 585 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 23 Watt.

Memory type: (G)DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 25.6 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38434

396

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

342287

1583

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

4.329 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

162.162 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

98.472 Frames/s

0.426 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

3080.809 mHash/s

12.306 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

737 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

1731 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

2906 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

737.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

1731.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

2906.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	396
PassMark - G2D Mark	90
Geekbench - OpenCL	1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	4.329 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	162.162 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	0.426 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	12.306 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	737 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1731 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2906 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	737.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1731.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2906.000 Fps

Games performance

1. StarCraft 2 (2010)
2. Metro 2033 (2010)
3. Left 4 Dead (2008)
4. Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)
5. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
6. Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

7. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
8. World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
9. Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)
10. World of Warcraft (2005)
11. Doom 3 (2004)
12. Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	112.00
Medium, 1360x768	34.00
High, 1360x768	25.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	14.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	38.00
Medium, 1360x768	23.55
High, 1600x900	12.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	4.00

Left 4 Dead (2008)

High, 1024x768

74.00

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480	201.00
High, 1024x768	53.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	28.70

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

High, 1280x1024

44.90

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Low, 1024x768	48.20
Medium, 1024x768	32.90
High, 1024x768	27.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	14.90

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	65.70
Medium, 1024x768	37.70
High, 1024x768	22.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	5.30

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600	113.00
Medium, 1024x768	53.00
High, 1024x768	29.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768

115.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x1024

38.00

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480	187.00
Ultra, 1024x768	133.00

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768

436.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Fermi
Code name	GF108
Launch date	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1510
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	6.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	585 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 API
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	(G)DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA