Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
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
184
128
116
89
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
204
175
127
68
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
283
214
156
83
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
157
142
127
76
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
132
110
87
48
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
171
165
128
83
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
118
99
85
50
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
154
136
92
40
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
242
224
176
93
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High18376
1080p Ultra15559
1440p Ultra12243
4K Ultra7022
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy209016227
Solar Bay9790030015
Port Royal131123542
Fire Strike5014315972
Night Raid16430874372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur359.5 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection210 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.61 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.4 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.3 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.97 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching969.3 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29061.4 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark1178918
DirectX 11274 fps91 fps
DirectX 12108 fps59 fps
GPU Compute17275 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1132.4 fps393.8 fps
Car Chase981.8 fps361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)840.6 fps294.2 fps
T-Rex4325.3 fps1381.8 fps
ALU 26890.2 fps1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.1 fps286.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation7090.82081.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 17, 2024 January, 27, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD104 GA106
Price 599 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 1980 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 7168 2560
TMUs 224 80
ROPs 80 32
Execution Units 56 20
Ray Tracing Cores 56 20
Tensor Cores 224 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 198 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 554 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 220 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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