Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a100
1080p Ultran/a80
1440p Ultran/a58
4K Ultran/a32
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy128548748
Solar Bayn/a40964
Port Royal85395142
Fire Striken/a22308
Night Raidn/a98831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
134209
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur213.4 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection130.4 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.89 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.23 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.41 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching661.9 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19395.6 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
19438
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark991961
DirectX 11173 fps128 fps
DirectX 1298 fps69 fps
GPU Compute7598 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a555.5 fps
Car Chasen/a492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a407.9 fps
T-Rexn/a1940.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a295.2 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2965.4

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
4088.29
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA106
Price n/a 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 890-1410 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1410-2520 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 4608 3584
TMUs 144 112
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 36 28
Ray Tracing Cores 36 28
Tensor Cores 144 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 68-121 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 203-363 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 13-23.2 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 50-125 W 170 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 1875 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 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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