GeForce GT 420M

FermiGeForce 400 SeriesLaptopDesktopDDR32010Notebook OEM

Key Metrics

Architecture
Fermi
Launch Date
2010-09-03
CUDA Cores
96
Memory
1 GB DDR3
Memory Bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
TDP/TBP
23 W
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

GeForce GT 420M matters as a mobile GeForce 400 Series implementation from the Fermi generation around 2010. Laptop GPU names often hide large differences in power limits, cooling, memory, and OEM firmware, so tracking the exact variant explains why similarly named systems can perform differently.

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Sources

Sources reviewed: 2026-06-20

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Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Derived datasets and spec dumps

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen data inventory used for bulk normalization and cross-checking Derived/spec-dump source. Treat as a reference dataset, not independent historical verification.Open source

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