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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

92 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
VS
43 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 4090
vs
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
277
199
191
154
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
288
265
187
100
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
329
244
185
91
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
203
182
167
104
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
201
164
132
76
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
274
258
221
149
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
183
154
137
91
82
68
54
29
Cyberpunk 2077
227
208
143
68
96
84
52
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
304
277
215
119
150
135
102
56
Avg FPS
1080p High254132
1080p Ultra217109
1440p Ultra17581
4K Ultra10646
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
42191
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spy3632212514
Solar Bay18693054416
Port Royal261157379
Fire Strike7225329944
Night Raid195300113930
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
316301
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur318.9 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection222.8 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection14.2 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection21 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur23.9 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.38 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1950 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics48090.4 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
38303
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark1297759
DirectX 11329 fps179 fps
DirectX 12150 fps85 fps
GPU Compute27111 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
615.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1617.6 fps799.4 fps
Car Chase1228.6 fps702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1234.6 fps560.4 fps
T-Rex6286 fps3084 fps
ALU 215073.4 fps4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2303.7 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation12119.14604.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Image Classification (SP)n/a8642
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a20635
Horizon Detectionn/a26378
Face Detection (HP)n/a39776
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a105983
Text Classification (SP)n/a2995
Machine Translation (HP)n/a4507
Object Detection (SP)n/a10198
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a41078
Style Transfer (SP)n/a190315
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2022 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
Codename AD102 AD106 (GN21-X6)
Price 1599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2235 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 16384 4608
TMUs 512 144
ROPs 176 48
Execution Units 128 36
Ray Tracing Cores 128 36
Tensor Cores 512 144
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 72 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 444 Gpix/sec 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1290 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 82.6 TFLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 450 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 609 mm² 186 mm²
Transistor count 76.3 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 125.29 MTr/mm² 123.12 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2625 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
1010 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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