Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 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
134
82
72
52
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
151
120
88
47
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
219
165
120
64
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
114
103
83
44
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
82
71
50
27
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
103
97
68
42
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
77
64
48
25
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
92
82
47
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
140
126
93
49
Avg FPS
1080p High166124
1080p Ultra139101
1440p Ultra10774
4K Ultra6342
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop
11506
Time Spy1782511342
Solar Bay8264549735
Port Royal111496849
Fire Strike4410928618
Night Raid15258795219
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop
116337
Background Blur233 frames/s173.8 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s96.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec5.69 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec7.75 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec6.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec1.14 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec480.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps14706.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop
17778
G2D Mark1165778
DirectX 11245 fps154 fps
DirectX 12102 fps74 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s7564 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop
140 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps730.7 fps
Car Chase900 fps624.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps540.8 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps2606.1 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps3639.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps256.5 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.73852.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 n/a
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD104 GA104 (GN20-E6)
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 510-1035 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1035-1485 MHz
Shader Units 5888 5632
TMUs 184 176
ROPs 64 80
Execution Units 46 44
Ray Tracing Cores 46 44
Tensor Cores 184 176
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 83-119 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 182-261 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 11.7-16.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 200 W 80-150 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 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 3070 Ti Laptop
448 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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