GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile vs RTX 4070 AD103

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated343
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data24.20
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD103GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateMarch 2024 (recently)2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 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 cores58881792
Core clock speed1920 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speed2475 MHz1343 MHz
Number of transistors45,900 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate455.475.21
Floating-point processing power29.15 TFLOPS4.813 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs18456
Tensor Cores18456
Ray Tracing Cores4614

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length240 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1313 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth504.2 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
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 Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6

Pros & cons summary


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

RTX 4070 AD103 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3050 A Mobile, on the other hand, has 344.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4070 AD103 and GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4070 AD103 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 AD103
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