Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High16676
1080p Ultra13959
1440p Ultra10743
4K Ultra6322
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy178256227
Solar Bay8264530015
Port Royal111493542
Fire Strike4410915972
Night Raid15258774372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur233 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark1165918
DirectX 11245 fps91 fps
DirectX 12102 fps59 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps393.8 fps
Car Chase900 fps361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps294.2 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps1381.8 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps286.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.72081.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 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 1920 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 5888 2560
TMUs 184 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 46 20
Ray Tracing Cores 46 20
Tensor Cores 184 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 200 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
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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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