Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
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
139
92
79
57
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
163
131
97
52
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
233
180
129
71
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
120
109
88
52
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
90
75
58
28
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
112
104
74
49
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
82
68
54
29
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
96
84
52
24
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
150
135
102
56
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High132111
1080p Ultra10991
1440p Ultra8166
4K Ultra4637
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy1251410201
Solar Bay5441645966
Port Royal73796128
Fire Strike2994429129
Night Raid113930n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur158.5 frames/sn/a
Face Detection116.5 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection4.35 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection5.67 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching528.5 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics16372.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark7591113
DirectX 11179 fps155 fps
DirectX 1285 fps71 fps
GPU Compute8386 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)799.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase702.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)560.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex3084 fpsn/a
ALU 24439.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2283.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation4604.7n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8642n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)20635n/a
Horizon Detection26378n/a
Face Detection (HP)39776n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)105983n/a
Text Classification (SP)2995n/a
Machine Translation (HP)4507n/a
Object Detection (SP)10198n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)41078n/a
Style Transfer (SP)190315n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 22, 2023 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Codename AD106 (GN21-X6) GB207-300

GPU

GPU Frequency 735-2070 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1230-2175 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2560
TMUs 144 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 36 20
Ray Tracing Cores 36 20
Tensor Cores 144 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 59-104 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 177-313 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 35-140 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 186 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 22.9 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 123.12 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 4

Results

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Survey

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Total Votes: 2

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