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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

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

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5070
vs
GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High18993
1080p Ultra16274
1440p Ultra12653
4K Ultra7529
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy226138211
Solar Bay10376835563
Port Royal143124627
Fire Strike5779321866
Night Raid17298684235
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur254.4 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark1297630
DirectX 11277 fps130 fps
DirectX 12108 fps61 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
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
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 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 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 PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB205-300 AD107 (GN21-X2)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 6144 2560
TMUs 192 80
ROPs 80 32
Execution Units 48 20
Ray Tracing Cores 48 20
Tensor Cores 192 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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