GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs 9700M GTS

Place in the ranking	1167	209
Place by popularity	not in top-100	53
Power efficiency	0.82	24.05
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	G94	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	29 July 2008 (16 years ago)	11 May 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	48	2560
Core clock speed	530 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1035 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.72	82.80
Floating-point processing power	0.1272 TFLOPS	5.299 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	180	no data
ROPs	16	48
TMUs	24	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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	large	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	192.0 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	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.

9700M GTS 0.72

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 26.31
+3554%

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.

9700M GTS 278

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 10139
+3547%

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	2−3 −3650%	75 +3650%
1440p	1−2 −4100%	42 +4100%
4K	0−1	25

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−1967%

62
+1967%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1600%	50−55 +1600%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1867%	59 +1867%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −6400%	65−70 +6400%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1500%	80 +1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −945%	110−120 +945%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	98
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1317%	85−90 +1317%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −645%	231 +645%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1600%	50−55 +1600%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1400%	45 +1400%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −6400%	65−70 +6400%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1440%	77 +1440%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −945%	110−120 +945%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	78
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1650%	105 +1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −440%	50−55 +440%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −555%	203 +555%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1600%	50−55 +1600%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1233%	40 +1233%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1240%	67 +1240%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −736%	92 +736%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −1400%	90 +1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −400%	50 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +10.7%	28 −10.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−3700%

35−40
+3700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2100%	22 +2100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2800%	27−30 +2800%
Hitman 3	6−7 −667%	46 +667%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −2200%	69 +2200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −6850%	139 +6850%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1767%

56
+1767%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

18−20

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1400%	14−16 +1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	12−14

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1350%

29
+1350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 +0%	60 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	143 +0%	143 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35 +0%	35 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	114 +0%	114 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	26 +0%	26 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

45−50

+0%

45−50

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	26 +0%	26 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	60 +0%	60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	61 +0%	61 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Hitman 3	20 +0%	20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	47 +0%	47 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 +0%	29 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 +0%	10 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	34 +0%	34 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10 +0%	10 +0%

This is how 9700M GTS and RTX 3050 Ti Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 3650% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 4100% faster in 1440p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the 9700M GTS is 11% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 6850% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

9700M GTS is ahead in 1 test (2%)
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 34 tests (52%)
there's a draw in 31 test (47%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.72	26.31
Recency	29 July 2008	11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	75 Watt

9700M GTS has 25% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has a 3554.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9700M GTS in performance tests.

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