GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile vs 845M

Place in the ranking	694	126
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.35	22.58
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GM108	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	26 August 2015 (9 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	5120
Core clock speed	1071 MHz	1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	125 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.63	249.6
Floating-point processing power	0.9032 TFLOPS	15.97 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	80
TMUs	32	160
Tensor Cores	no data	160
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	40

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 845M 3.95

RTX 3070 Mobile 37.24
+843%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 845M 1524

RTX 3070 Mobile 14364
+843%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GeForce 845M 2973

RTX 3070 Mobile 33996
+1043%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GeForce 845M 2362

RTX 3070 Mobile 25478
+979%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GeForce 845M 13754

RTX 3070 Mobile 136558
+893%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	21 −448%	115 +448%
1440p	7−8 −929%	72 +929%
4K	5−6 −860%	48 +860%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−1600%

119
+1600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −618%	75−80 +618%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −2933%	91 +2933%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −744%	75−80 +744%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1429%	107 +1429%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −913%	80−85 +913%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −745%	90−95 +745%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −709%	180−190 +709%
Hitman 3	9−10 −1167%	114 +1167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −481%	150−160 +481%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −1629%	120−130 +1629%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −780%	85−90 +780%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −800%	130−140 +800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −193%	120−130 +193%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −1609%	188 +1609%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −2433%	76 +2433%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −1233%	120−130 +1233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −744%	75−80 +744%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1157%	88 +1157%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −913%	80−85 +913%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −745%	90−95 +745%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −709%	180−190 +709%
Hitman 3	9−10 −1078%	106 +1078%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −481%	150−160 +481%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −1943%	143 +1943%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −710%	81 +710%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −1120%	183 +1120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −381%	75−80 +381%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −321%	181 +321%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −618%	75−80 +618%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −2167%	68 +2167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −744%	75−80 +744%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −957%	74 +957%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −913%	80−85 +913%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −626%	167 +626%
Hitman 3	9−10 −989%	98 +989%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −389%	132 +389%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −1020%	168 +1020%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −488%	94 +488%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −39.5%	60 +39.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−720%

82
+720%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −914%	70−75 +914%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −850%	55−60 +850%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1367%	40−45 +1367%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2250%	47 +2250%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −975%	40−45 +975%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −5175%	210−220 +5175%
Hitman 3	8−9 −750%	68 +750%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −1144%	112 +1144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1667%	50−55 +1667%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −563%	159 +563%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−813%

73
+813%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1450%	30−35 +1450%
Hitman 3	0−1	38
Metro Exodus	0−1	71

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −733%	24−27 +733%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1550%	33 +1550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	22
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −4550%	93 +4550%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −2600%	27 +2600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−780%

44
+780%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	53 +0%	53 +0%
Metro Exodus	91 +0%	91 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	125 +0%	125 +0%

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn	119 +0%	119 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	64 +0%	64 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

This is how GeForce 845M and RTX 3070 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3070 Mobile is 448% faster in 1080p
RTX 3070 Mobile is 929% faster in 1440p
RTX 3070 Mobile is 860% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3070 Mobile is 5175% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3070 Mobile is ahead in 63 tests (91%)
there's a draw in 6 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.95	37.24
Recency	26 August 2015	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	125 Watt

GeForce 845M has 177.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 842.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 845M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.