Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 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
n/a
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The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
n/a
n/a
n/a
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Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
n/a
n/a
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COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
n/a
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Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
n/a
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Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
n/a
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Avg FPS
1080p High166n/a
1080p Ultra139n/a
1440p Ultra107n/a
4K Ultra63n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy17825n/a
Solar Bay82645n/a
Port Royal11149n/a
Fire Strike44109n/a
Night Raid152587n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Background Blur233 frames/sn/a
Face Detection141.7 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics25043.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
G2D Mark1165n/a
DirectX 11245 fpsn/a
DirectX 12102 fpsn/a
GPU Compute14820 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fpsn/a
Car Chase900 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex3848.1 fpsn/a
ALU 25980.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6200.7n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
2993.16

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Codename AD104 GB207
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 2235-2520 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1500-2662 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 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 48-85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 120-213 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 7.7-13.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 IGP
TGP 200 W 35-100 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² n/a
Transistor count 35 billion n/a
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 24000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
384 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 4

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