Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 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
139
92
79
57
n/a
n/a
n/a
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The Witcher 3
163
131
97
52
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
233
180
129
71
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
120
109
88
52
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
90
75
58
28
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
112
104
74
49
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
82
68
54
29
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
96
84
52
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
150
135
102
56
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High132n/a
1080p Ultra109n/a
1440p Ultra81n/a
4K Ultra46n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy12514n/a
Solar Bay54416n/a
Port Royal7379n/a
Fire Strike29944n/a
Night Raid113930n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
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 Laptop
n/a
G2D Mark759n/a
DirectX 11179 fpsn/a
DirectX 1285 fpsn/a
GPU Compute8386 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
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 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
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 Laptop
2993.16

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

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

GPU

GPU Frequency 735-2070 MHz 2235-2520 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1230-2175 MHz 1500-2662 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 48-85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 177-313 GTex/s 120-213 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS 7.7-13.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 IGP
TGP 35-140 W 35-100 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 186 mm² n/a
Transistor count 22.9 billion n/a
Transistor density 123.12 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 24000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
384 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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