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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
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43 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
vs
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
107
67
53
36
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
115
96
69
37
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
170
126
92
45
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
88
78
63
32
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
61
50
38
19
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
66
46
31
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
58
46
34
17
82
68
54
29
Cyberpunk 2077
62
59
32
14
96
84
52
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
102
91
66
32
150
135
102
56
Avg FPS
1080p High93132
1080p Ultra75109
1440p Ultra5581
4K Ultra2946
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spy832612514
Solar Bay3702954416
Port Royal47087379
Fire Strike2018229944
Night Raid71905113930
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur153.5 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection90 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.1 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.77 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.35 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching385.9 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12770 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark589759
DirectX 11110 fps179 fps
DirectX 1258 fps85 fps
GPU Compute5759 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)537.5 fps799.4 fps
Car Chase465 fps702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)398.2 fps560.4 fps
T-Rex1964.8 fps3084 fps
ALU 22748.7 fps4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2256.8 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2932.74604.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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, 12, 2021 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace
Codename GA106 (GN20-E3) AD106 (GN21-X6)

GPU

GPU Frequency 816-1387 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1283-1703 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 3840 4608
TMUs 120 144
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 36
Ray Tracing Cores 30 36
Tensor Cores 120 144
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 62-82 Gpix/sec 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 154-204 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 60-140 W 35-140 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 300 mm² 186 mm²
Transistor count 13.25 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 44.17 MTr/mm² 123.12 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000-14000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
336 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

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