Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
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
170
113
105
79
67
38
28
14
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
49
41
28
14
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
89
60
39
16
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
51
46
31
15
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
30
21
16
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
37
30
21
14
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
28
20
14
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
30
26
17
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
55
49
32
18
Avg FPS
1080p High16648
1080p Ultra13937
1440p Ultra10725
4K Ultra6313
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
3956
Time Spy178253908
Solar Bay8264519003
Port Royal11149413
Fire Strike4410910196
Night Raid15258745167
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
42967
Background Blur233 frames/s73.3 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s39.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec1.65 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec2.13 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec2.06 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec191.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps5921.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
7774
G2D Mark1165481
DirectX 11245 fps48 fps
DirectX 12102 fps42 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s3639 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
51 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps262.9 fps
Car Chase900 fps255.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps207.6 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps950.2 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps1377.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps232.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.71502.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 December, 17, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD104 GA107
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 735-1185 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1245-1477 MHz
Shader Units 5888 2048
TMUs 184 64
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 46 16
Ray Tracing Cores 46 32
Tensor Cores 184 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 40-47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 80-95 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
TGP 200 W 30-45 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 8 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 40 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 64 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
112 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 No

Results

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

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