RTX A4000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile with RTX A4000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.
GTX 1070 SLI Mobile outperforms RTX A4000 Mobile by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 93 | 103 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 23.96 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Pascal GP104 SLI | GA104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 16 August 2016 (8 years ago) | 12 April 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 | 4096 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 1443 MHz | 1140 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1645 MHz | 1680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 14400 Million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 268.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 17.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 80 |
| TMUs | no data | 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 | large | large |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | 2x 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 384.0 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 data | Portable Device Dependent |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 8.6 |
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 | 139
+6.9%
| 130−140
−6.9%
|
| 4K | 79
+12.9%
| 70−75
−12.9%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 70−75
+3550%
|
2−3
−3550%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 85−90
+2800%
|
3−4
−2800%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 70−75
+9.2%
|
65−70
−9.2%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+10%
|
120−130
−10%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 80−85
+4050%
|
2−3
−4050%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 70−75
+3550%
|
2−3
−3550%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 85−90
+10%
|
80−85
−10%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 100−110
+7.4%
|
95−100
−7.4%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 190−200
+8.9%
|
180−190
−8.9%
|
| Hitman 3 | 85−90
+2100%
|
4−5
−2100%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 170−180
+2025%
|
8−9
−2025%
|
| Metro Exodus | 130−140
+8.3%
|
120−130
−8.3%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 95−100
+5.6%
|
90−95
−5.6%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 150−160
+3700%
|
4−5
−3700%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 130−140
+368%
|
27−30
−368%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 85−90
+2800%
|
3−4
−2800%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 70−75
+9.2%
|
65−70
−9.2%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+10%
|
120−130
−10%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 80−85
+4050%
|
2−3
−4050%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 70−75
+3550%
|
2−3
−3550%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 85−90
+10%
|
80−85
−10%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 100−110
+7.4%
|
95−100
−7.4%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 190−200
+8.9%
|
180−190
−8.9%
|
| Hitman 3 | 85−90
+2100%
|
4−5
−2100%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 170−180
+2025%
|
8−9
−2025%
|
| Metro Exodus | 130−140
+8.3%
|
120−130
−8.3%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 95−100
+5.6%
|
90−95
−5.6%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 150−160
+3700%
|
4−5
−3700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 170
+1789%
|
9−10
−1789%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 130−140
+368%
|
27−30
−368%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 85−90
+2800%
|
3−4
−2800%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 70−75
+9.2%
|
65−70
−9.2%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 80−85
+4050%
|
2−3
−4050%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 70−75
+3550%
|
2−3
−3550%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 85−90
+10%
|
80−85
−10%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 190−200
+8.9%
|
180−190
−8.9%
|
| Hitman 3 | 85−90
+2100%
|
4−5
−2100%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 170−180
+2025%
|
8−9
−2025%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 150−160
+3700%
|
4−5
−3700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 100
+1011%
|
9−10
−1011%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 130−140
+368%
|
27−30
−368%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 95−100
+5.6%
|
90−95
−5.6%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85
+6.7%
|
75−80
−6.7%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 60−65
+14.5%
|
55−60
−14.5%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 45−50
+12.5%
|
40−45
−12.5%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 45−50
+15%
|
40−45
−15%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 45−50
+8.9%
|
45−50
−8.9%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 45−50
+6.7%
|
45−50
−6.7%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 220−230
+9%
|
210−220
−9%
|
| Hitman 3 | 50−55
+800%
|
6−7
−800%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 90−95
+4400%
|
2−3
−4400%
|
| Metro Exodus | 75−80
+10%
|
70−75
−10%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 100−110
+6.3%
|
95−100
−6.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 60−65
+10.9%
|
55−60
−10.9%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 190−200
+10%
|
180−190
−10%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 70−75
+3450%
|
2−3
−3450%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 40−45
+20%
|
35−40
−20%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40
+16.7%
|
30−33
−16.7%
|
| Hitman 3 | 30−35
+13.3%
|
30−33
−13.3%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 180−190
+10%
|
170−180
−10%
|
| Metro Exodus | 50−55
+6%
|
50−55
−6%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 72
+10.8%
|
65−70
−10.8%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 27−30
+2700%
|
1−2
−2700%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30
+12.5%
|
24−27
−12.5%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 14−16
+16.7%
|
12−14
−16.7%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27
+14.3%
|
21−24
−14.3%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 55−60
+16%
|
50−55
−16%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 55−60
+14%
|
50−55
−14%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 21−24
+16.7%
|
18−20
−16.7%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40
+1750%
|
2−3
−1750%
|
This is how GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and RTX A4000 Mobile compete in popular games:
- GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 7% faster in 1080p
- GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 13% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 4400% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, GTX 1070 SLI Mobile surpassed RTX A4000 Mobile in all 29 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 41.98 | 39.79 |
| Recency | 16 August 2016 | 12 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 8 nm |
GTX 1070 SLI Mobile has a 5.5% higher aggregate performance score.
RTX A4000 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and RTX A4000 Mobile.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is a notebook graphics card while RTX A4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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