Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

26 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
VS
43 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

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

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 3050
vs
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
92
53
45
27
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
89
73
51
28
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
143
100
71
34
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
75
66
51
25
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
49
40
29
14
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
59
50
35
23
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
47
34
25
13
82
68
54
29
Cyberpunk 2077
49
45
26
10
96
84
52
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
82
73
52
25
150
135
102
56
Avg FPS
1080p High76132
1080p Ultra59109
1440p Ultra4381
4K Ultra2246
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spy622712514
Solar Bay3001554416
Port Royal35427379
Fire Strike1597229944
Night Raid74372113930
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur110.4 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection64.4 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.87 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.76 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.89 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.81 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching270.9 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9339.7 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark918759
DirectX 1191 fps179 fps
DirectX 1259 fps85 fps
GPU Compute6528 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)393.8 fps799.4 fps
Car Chase361.9 fps702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)294.2 fps560.4 fps
T-Rex1381.8 fps3084 fps
ALU 21974.1 fps4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2286.3 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2081.34604.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
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
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 27, 2022 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace
Codename GA106 AD106 (GN21-X6)
Price 249 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1552 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 2560 4608
TMUs 80 144
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units 20 36
Ray Tracing Cores 20 36
Tensor Cores 80 144
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 57 Gpix/sec 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 142 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 130 W 35-140 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 186 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 123.12 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
224 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 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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