GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs RTX 3050 A Mobile

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking234not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency36.43no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA106AD104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2024 (recently)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores17925888
Core clock speed1065 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1343 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate75.21455.4
Floating-point processing power4.813 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs56184
Tensor Cores56184
Ray Tracing Cores1446

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s480.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 200 Watt

RTX 3050 A Mobile has 344.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile
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