Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
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
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a76
1080p Ultran/a59
1440p Ultran/a43
4K Ultran/a22
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy128546227
Solar Bayn/a30015
Port Royal85393542
Fire Striken/a15972
Night Raidn/a74372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
134209
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur213.4 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection130.4 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.89 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.23 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.41 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching661.9 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19395.6 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
19438
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark991918
DirectX 11173 fps91 fps
DirectX 1298 fps59 fps
GPU Compute7598 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a393.8 fps
Car Chasen/a361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a294.2 fps
T-Rexn/a1381.8 fps
ALU 2n/a1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a286.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2081.3

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
4088.29
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 27, 2022
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA106
Price n/a 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 890-1410 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1410-2520 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2560
TMUs 144 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 36 20
Ray Tracing Cores 36 20
Tensor Cores 144 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 68-121 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 203-363 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 13-23.2 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 50-125 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

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

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