Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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
170
113
105
79
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High16660
1080p Ultra13947
1440p Ultra10732
4K Ultra6316
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy178254880
Solar Bay8264521611
Port Royal11149552
Fire Strike4410912529
Night Raid15258753232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur233 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark1165486
DirectX 11245 fps73 fps
DirectX 12102 fps46 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase900 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.71731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 January, 1, 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 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 5888 2048
TMUs 184 64
ROPs 64 40
Execution Units 46 16
Ray Tracing Cores 46 16
Tensor Cores 184 64
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 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 200 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
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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