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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

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

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, 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 3060 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
vs
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
110
67
60
39
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
82
68
54
29
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
96
84
52
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
150
135
102
56
Avg FPS
1080p High100132
1080p Ultra80109
1440p Ultra5881
4K Ultra3246
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spy874812514
Solar Bay4096454416
Port Royal51427379
Fire Strike2230829944
Night Raid98831113930
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur149.6 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark961759
DirectX 11128 fps179 fps
DirectX 1269 fps85 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fps799.4 fps
Car Chase492.3 fps702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fps560.4 fps
T-Rex1940.6 fps3084 fps
ALU 22862.2 fps4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2965.44604.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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
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 PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace
Codename GA106 AD106 (GN21-X6)
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 3584 4608
TMUs 112 144
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 28 36
Ray Tracing Cores 28 36
Tensor Cores 112 144
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 85 Gpix/sec 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 170 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 1875 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 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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