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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
40 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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 5070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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 5070
vs
GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
123
79
68
45
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
141
112
83
46
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
201
153
112
54
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
106
92
76
39
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
76
63
46
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
96
86
60
40
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
71
59
44
25
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
84
72
45
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
125
115
83
45
Avg FPS
1080p High189114
1080p Ultra16292
1440p Ultra12669
4K Ultra7538
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
10202
Time Spy2261310479
Solar Bay10376845677
Port Royal143126250
Fire Strike5779326767
Night Raid17298683274
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
118499
Background Blur254.4 frames/s170.3 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s113.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec5.59 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec7.94 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec6.19 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec467 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps15131.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
15373
G2D Mark1297644
DirectX 11277 fps138 fps
DirectX 12108 fps64 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s6902 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
121.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a644.4 fps
Car Chasen/a565.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a483.8 fps
T-Rexn/a2380.5 fps
ALU 2n/a3169.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a246.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3511.5
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB205-300 GA104 (GN20-E5)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 780-1215 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1290-1620 MHz
Shader Units 6144 5120
TMUs 192 160
ROPs 80 80
Execution Units 48 40
Ray Tracing Cores 48 40
Tensor Cores 192 160
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 103-130 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 206-259 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 13.2-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 80-150 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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