Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
83
47
41
22
107
67
53
36
The Witcher 3
76
59
43
20
115
96
69
37
Counter-Strike 2
125
86
64
26
170
126
92
45
Far Cry 6
69
60
43
22
88
78
63
32
Hogwarts Legacy
41
32
25
13
61
50
38
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
53
45
29
19
76
66
46
31
Ghost of Tsushima
38
29
23
12
58
46
34
17
Cyberpunk 2077
41
39
23
10
62
59
32
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
71
68
43
24
102
91
66
32
Avg FPS
1080p High6693
1080p Ultra5275
1440p Ultra3755
4K Ultra1929
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
5521
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Time Spy55418326
Solar Bay1532137029
Port Royal12024708
Fire Strike1700720182
Night Raid5717171905
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
48520
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Background Blur134.6 frames/s153.5 frames/s
Face Detection61.4 frames/s90 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.98 Gpix/sec4.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.02 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.44 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.27 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching159.9 Gpix/sec385.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4611.7 fps12770 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
10465
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
G2D Mark603589
DirectX 1192 fps110 fps
DirectX 1234 fps58 fps
GPU Compute4591 Ops/s5759 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
57.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)324.7 fps537.5 fps
Car Chase291.4 fps465 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)270.1 fps398.2 fps
T-Rex1314.3 fps1964.8 fps
ALU 21415.4 fps2748.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2199.9 fps256.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1696.12932.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced August, 15, 2016 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Ampere
Codename GP104 GA106 (GN20-E3)

GPU

GPU Frequency 1442 MHz 816-1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1645 MHz 1283-1703 MHz
Shader Units 2048 3840
TMUs 128 120
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 16 30
Ray Tracing Cores No 30
Tensor Cores No 120
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 105 Gpix/sec 62-82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 211 GTex/s 154-204 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.7 TFLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 120 W 60-140 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 16 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 300 mm²
Transistor count 7.2 billion 13.25 billion
Transistor density 22.93 MTr/mm² 44.17 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8008 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
256.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 8.6
DisplayPort n/a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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