NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

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
38582
397
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
89
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
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
95.851 Frames/s
0.426 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 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 397
PassMark - G2D Mark 89
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

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768112.00
Medium, 1360x76834.00
High, 1360x76825.00
Ultra, 1920x108014.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x60038.00
Medium, 1360x76823.55
High, 1600x90012.00
Ultra, 1920x10804.00

Left 4 Dead (2008)

High, 1024x76874.00

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480201.00
High, 1024x76853.30
Ultra, 1920x108028.70

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

High, 1280x102444.90

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Low, 1024x76848.20
Medium, 1024x76832.90
High, 1024x76827.10
Ultra, 1920x108014.90

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x76865.70
Medium, 1024x76837.70
High, 1024x76822.70
Ultra, 1920x10805.30

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600113.00
Medium, 1024x76853.00
High, 1024x76829.00
Ultra, 1920x108012.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768115.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x102438.00

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480187.00
Ultra, 1024x768133.00

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768436.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi
Code name GF108
Launch date 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1509
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