Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 960. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
28
16
14
n/a
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
21
20
13
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
47
27
18
n/a
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
31
26
19
11
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
16
12
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
28
24
16
12
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
16
9
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
14
11
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
25
18
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a26
1080p Ultran/a19
1440p Ultran/a14
4K Ultran/a-
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
2183
Time Spy128542303
Port Royal8539n/a
Fire Striken/a7720
Night Raidn/a31093
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
134209
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
20370
Background Blur213.4 frames/s51.7 frames/s
Face Detection130.4 frames/s26.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.89 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.23 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.41 Gpix/sec1.26 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec0.14 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching661.9 Gpix/sec64.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19395.6 fps1825 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
19438
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
6108
G2D Mark991674
DirectX 11173 fps42 fps
DirectX 1298 fps28 fps
GPU Compute7598 Ops/s2797 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
31.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a185.1 fps
Car Chasen/a177 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a151.2 fps
T-Rexn/a677.4 fps
ALU 2n/a745.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a274.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a982.4

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
4088.29
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 22, 2015
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Codename GB206-300 GM206
Price n/a 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 890-1410 MHz 1127 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1410-2520 MHz 1178 MHz
Shader Units 4608 1024
TMUs 144 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 36 8
Ray Tracing Cores 36 No
Tensor Cores 144 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 1000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 68-121 Gpix/sec 38 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 203-363 GTex/s 75 GTex/s
FLOPS 13-23.2 TFLOPS 2.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 50-125 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 28 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 228 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 2 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 8.77 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1753 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
112.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 5.2
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.2
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (75%)
1 (25%)
Total Votes: 4

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