Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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
89
52
42
24
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
85
67
46
24
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
133
93
66
32
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
70
62
50
23
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
46
36
28
14
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
49
31
22
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
41
32
25
12
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
46
41
23
10
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
76
73
49
22
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High7160
1080p Ultra5647
1440p Ultra4032
4K Ultra2016
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy60914880
Solar Bay1580921611
Port Royal1275552
Fire Strike1870712529
Night Raid7227353232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur142.3 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection65.1 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.2 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.23 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.74 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.3 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching195.6 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5161.6 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark847486
DirectX 11100 fps73 fps
DirectX 1248 fps46 fps
GPU Compute6129 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)423.4 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase391.1 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)360 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex1942.3 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 25965.8 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2271.6 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation21861731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 10, 2016 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Ampere
Codename GP104 GA107
Price 379 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1683 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 1920 2048
TMUs 120 64
ROPs 64 40
Execution Units 15 16
Ray Tracing Cores No 16
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 108 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 150 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 16 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 7 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

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

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