GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop vs RTX 3060
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
AD106 (GN21-X6)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
GA106
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile 8 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 2 years and 2 months older RTX RTX 3060 12 GB that utilizes 28 pipelines and 3584 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
- Performs significantly better (up to 41%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 57% higher maximum theoretical performance (20 vs 12.7 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Shows 35% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 81 vs 60 FPS
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 26% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (115K vs 91K)
- Has 29% more shading units (4608 vs 3584)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Has 41% higher memory bandwidth: 360 vs 256 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 139 89 77 56 |
112 68 60 39 |
| The Witcher 3 | 164 129 95 53 |
122 100 74 39 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 236 183 130 71 |
181 137 99 48 |
| Far Cry 6 | 121 109 87 51 |
95 85 67 37 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 91 77 60 28 |
65 57 40 18 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 111 105 77 51 |
80 74 53 31 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 85 69 53 29 |
62 50 37 20 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 99 84 53 25 |
68 64 38 16 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 147 137 100 53 |
109 98 70 36 |
| 1080p High | 133 | 99 |
| 1080p Ultra | 109 | 81 |
| 1440p Ultra | 81 | 60 |
| 4K Ultra | 46 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 12514 | 8754 |
| Solar Bay | 54815 | 41158 |
| Port Royal | 7416 | 5145 |
| Fire Strike | 30057 | 22304 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 23262 | 17728 |
| Night Raid | 113672 | 97159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 158.5 img/sec | 149.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 116.5 img/sec | 91 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.35 Gpixels/sec | 4.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.67 Gpixels/sec | 5.58 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.44 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.36 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 528.5 Gpixels/sec | 372.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 16372.3 FPS | 12226.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 766 | 965 |
| DirectX 11 | 177 FPS | 127 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 85 FPS | 68 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 8365 Ops/s | 8231 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-05 (Wahid) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 122515 |
| 📘 2026-06-05 (Wahid) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 35869 |
GeForce RTX 3060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-07 (tach) | Cinebench 2024 | 7952 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 8642 | 6645 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 20635 | 15338 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 26378 | 14283 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 39776 | 28862 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 105983 | 61313 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2995 | 2463 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4507 | 3793 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 10198 | 7712 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 41078 | 25461 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 190315 | 123233 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop and RTX 3060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | February 22, 2023 | January 12, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $329 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | AD106 (GN21-X6) | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (#23rd place)
Desktop GPU rating (#58th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 735-2070 MHz (configurable) | 1320 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1230-2175 MHz (configurable) | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 112 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 112 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 28 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 3MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 59-104 GPixel/s | 85 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 177-313 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 35-140 W (configurable) | 170 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 186 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 22.9 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 123.12 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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