GeForce RTX 4070 vs GTX 485M SLI

Place in the ranking	474	20
Place by popularity	not in top-100	32
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	60.17
Power efficiency	6.35	24.18
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	N11E-GTX-A1	AD104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	12 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	768	5888
Core clock speed	575 MHz	1920 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	455.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	184
Tensor Cores	no data	184
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	46

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	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	240 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	504.2 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

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.

GTX 485M SLI 9.18

RTX 4070 69.95
+662%

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.

GTX 485M SLI 5334

RTX 4070 59969
+1024%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 485M SLI 24830

RTX 4070 128530
+418%

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:

900p	89 −630%	650−700 +630%
Full HD	101 −117%	219 +117%
1440p	16−18 −669%	123 +669%
4K	9−10 −744%	76 +744%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.74
1440p	no data	4.87
4K	no data	7.88

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

−1443%

216
+1443%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −555%	140−150 +555%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −862%	120−130 +862%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −696%	220−230 +696%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −526%	110−120 +526%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −1143%	174 +1143%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −457%	110−120 +457%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −558%	170−180 +558%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −290%	230−240 +290%
Hitman 3	18−20 −617%	120−130 +617%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −398%	250−260 +398%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −434%	150−160 +434%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −369%	120−130 +369%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −880%	290−300 +880%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −151%	150−160 +151%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −555%	140−150 +555%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −862%	120−130 +862%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −696%	220−230 +696%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −526%	110−120 +526%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −921%	143 +921%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −457%	110−120 +457%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −558%	170−180 +558%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −290%	230−240 +290%
Hitman 3	18−20 −617%	120−130 +617%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −398%	250−260 +398%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −434%	150−160 +434%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −369%	120−130 +369%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −1153%	376 +1153%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −500%	150−160 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −151%	150−160 +151%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −555%	140−150 +555%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −862%	120−130 +862%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −526%	110−120 +526%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −814%	128 +814%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −457%	110−120 +457%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −290%	230−240 +290%
Hitman 3	18−20 −617%	120−130 +617%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −475%	293 +475%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −973%	322 +973%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −580%	170 +580%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −103%	124 +103%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27

−369%

120−130
+369%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −817%	160−170 +817%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −693%	110−120 +693%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −811%	80−85 +811%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −1680%	85−90 +1680%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −811%	80−85 +811%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1925%	81 +1925%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −645%	80−85 +645%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −595%	270−280 +595%
Hitman 3	12−14 −750%	100−110 +750%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −1068%	222 +1068%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −1000%	143 +1000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −1918%	222 +1918%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1300%	120−130 +1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −305%	230−240 +305%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−667%

110−120
+667%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1000%	85−90 +1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −1050%	65−70 +1050%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1120%	60−65 +1120%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −511%	220−230 +511%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −1486%	110−120 +1486%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −1817%	115 +1817%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1060%	55−60 +1060%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3500%	36 +3500%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −1000%	120−130 +1000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −2320%	121 +2320%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −1567%	50 +1567%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−744%

75−80
+744%

This is how GTX 485M SLI and RTX 4070 compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 is 630% faster in 900p
RTX 4070 is 117% faster in 1080p
RTX 4070 is 669% faster in 1440p
RTX 4070 is 744% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4070 is 3500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 4070 surpassed GTX 485M SLI in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.18	69.95
Recency	6 January 2011	12 April 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	200 Watt

GTX 485M SLI has 100% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070, on the other hand, has a 662% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4070 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 485M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 485M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 is a desktop one.

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