Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada) vs GeForce RTX 4070
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
AD104
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the Nvidia RTX 3000 Mobile (Ada) 8 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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 Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
- Supports error correction code (ECC) memory
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070
- Performs significantly better (up to 83%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 74% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 106 vs 61 FPS
- 46% higher maximum theoretical performance (29.1 vs 19.9 TFLOPS)
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Has 2x higher memory bandwidth: 504 vs 256 GB/s
- Achieves 40% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (167K vs 119K)
- Has 28% more shading units (5888 vs 4608)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 117 73 60 41 |
172 115 102 79 |
| The Witcher 3 | 130 103 76 39 |
194 159 114 61 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 187 135 101 49 |
272 205 149 81 |
| Far Cry 6 | 97 86 69 37 |
149 133 115 68 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 67 55 42 23 |
117 97 77 39 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 85 73 53 36 |
149 145 107 69 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 68 49 37 24 |
106 88 72 43 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 71 66 36 17 |
129 119 75 37 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 113 103 73 37 |
211 190 145 80 |
| 1080p High | 104 | 167 |
| 1080p Ultra | 83 | 139 |
| 1440p Ultra | 61 | 106 |
| 4K Ultra | 34 | 62 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 8373 | 17799 |
| Solar Bay | 36647 | 82861 |
| Port Royal | 5210 | 11156 |
| Fire Strike | 20658 | 44067 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 14678 | 35472 |
| Night Raid | 51077 | 153385 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 196.1 img/sec | 233 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 118.9 img/sec | 141.7 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.22 Gpixels/sec | 6.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.54 Gpixels/sec | 9.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.07 Gpixels/sec | 9.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.4 Gpixels/sec | 1.78 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 573 Gpixels/sec | 845.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 17661.3 FPS | 25043.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 542 | 1165 |
| DirectX 11 | 141 FPS | 243 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 79 FPS | 103 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 6048 Ops/s | 14561 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu) | Cinebench 2024 | 18051 |
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) | 7093 | 10246 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 14759 | 26153 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23321 | 32054 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 29211 | 51337 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 87917 | 124617 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3395 | 3703 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3464 | 5484 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 8181 | 13134 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 30150 | 50548 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 167055 | 263477 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada) and GeForce RTX 4070General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | March 21, 2023 | April 13, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $599 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Professional | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD106 | AD104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 7900 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (#33rd place)
Desktop GPU rating (#30th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | - | 1920 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1165-2160 MHz (configurable) | 2475 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 5888 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 184 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 64 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 46 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 184 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 46 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 36MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 56-104 GPixel/s | 158 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 168-311 GTexel/s | 455 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 35-140 W (configurable) | 200 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 188 mm² | 294 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 22.9 billion | 35 billion |
| Transistor Density | 121.81 MTr/mm² | 119.05 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 95°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | 21000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | Yes | 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 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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