Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a93
1080p Ultran/a74
1440p Ultran/a53
4K Ultran/a29
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy128548211
Solar Bayn/a35563
Port Royal85394627
Fire Striken/a21866
Night Raidn/a84235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
134209
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur213.4 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection130.4 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.89 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.23 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.41 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching661.9 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19395.6 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
19438
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark991630
DirectX 11173 fps130 fps
DirectX 1298 fps61 fps
GPU Compute7598 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a597.7 fps
Car Chasen/a531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a416.7 fps
T-Rexn/a2221.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a258.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2946.5

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
4088.29
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB206-300 AD107 (GN21-X2)

GPU

GPU Frequency 890-1410 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1410-2520 MHz 1605-2370 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 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 68-121 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 203-363 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 13-23.2 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 50-125 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

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

Results

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

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
9 (39.13%)
14 (60.87%)
Total Votes: 23

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