Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 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
76
45
36
19
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
67
53
36
19
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
113
78
56
21
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
58
55
38
21
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
36
29
20
10
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
46
38
25
16
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
35
27
21
11
82
68
54
29
Cyberpunk 2077
40
36
20
n/a
96
84
52
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
67
61
40
19
150
135
102
56
Avg FPS
1080p High60132
1080p Ultra47109
1440p Ultra3281
4K Ultra1646
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spy488012514
Solar Bay2161154416
Port Royal5527379
Fire Strike1252929944
Night Raid53232113930
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur88.6 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection57.3 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.53 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.55 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.76 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching256.5 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7465.5 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark486759
DirectX 1173 fps179 fps
DirectX 1246 fps85 fps
GPU Compute3851 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.1 fps799.4 fps
Car Chase318.7 fps702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)261.5 fps560.4 fps
T-Rex1272.8 fps3084 fps
ALU 21563.9 fps4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2257.6 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1731.14604.7
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Image Classification (SP)n/a8642
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a20635
Horizon Detectionn/a26378
Face Detection (HP)n/a39776
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a105983
Text Classification (SP)n/a2995
Machine Translation (HP)n/a4507
Object Detection (SP)n/a10198
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a41078
Style Transfer (SP)n/a190315
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 1, 2021 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace
Codename GA107 AD106 (GN21-X6)

GPU

GPU Frequency 712-1530 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1057-1740 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 2048 4608
TMUs 64 144
ROPs 40 48
Execution Units 16 36
Ray Tracing Cores 16 36
Tensor Cores 64 144
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 42-70 Gpix/sec 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 68-111 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 35-95 W 35-140 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 186 mm²
Transistor count 8.7 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 43.5 MTr/mm² 123.12 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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