RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile and RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 4070 Mobile
2023
8 GB GDDR6, 115 Watt
50.65
+19.6%

RTX 4070 Mobile outperforms RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile by a significant 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5593
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency30.5025.51
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD106no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)21 March 2023 (1 year 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 cores46084608
Core clock speed1395 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1695 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate244.1no data
Floating-point processing power15.62 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs144no data
Tensor Cores144no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no data

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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/sno data
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 Dependentno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.9-

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.

RTX 4070 Mobile 50.65
+19.6%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 42.36

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.

RTX 4070 Mobile 19545
+19.6%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 16345

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.

RTX 4070 Mobile 41027
+42.2%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 28847

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 4070 Mobile 29892
+45.3%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 20571

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 4070 Mobile 159362
+92.9%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 82612

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 4070 Mobile 11960
+46.7%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 8155

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 HD130
+30%
100−110
−30%
1440p77
+28.3%
60−65
−28.3%
4K48
+20%
40−45
−20%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 133
+20.9%
110−120
−20.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 95−100
+26.7%
75−80
−26.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75−80
+20%
65−70
−20%
Battlefield 5 140−150
+20%
120−130
−20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90−95
+20%
75−80
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 116
+22.1%
95−100
−22.1%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+25.3%
75−80
−25.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+22.2%
90−95
−22.2%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+20%
170−180
−20%
Hitman 3 95−100
+21.3%
80−85
−21.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+21.3%
150−160
−21.3%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+25.5%
110−120
−25.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+25%
80−85
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 170−180
+21.4%
140−150
−21.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+23.6%
110−120
−23.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 95−100
+26.7%
75−80
−26.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75−80
+20%
65−70
−20%
Battlefield 5 140−150
+20%
120−130
−20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90−95
+20%
75−80
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 98
+22.5%
80−85
−22.5%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+25.3%
75−80
−25.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+22.2%
90−95
−22.2%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+20%
170−180
−20%
Hitman 3 95−100
+21.3%
80−85
−21.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+21.3%
150−160
−21.3%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+25.5%
110−120
−25.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+25%
80−85
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 233
+22.6%
190−200
−22.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90−95
+24%
75−80
−24%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+23.6%
110−120
−23.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 95−100
+26.7%
75−80
−26.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 101
+26.3%
80−85
−26.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90−95
+20%
75−80
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 87
+24.3%
70−75
−24.3%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+25.3%
75−80
−25.3%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+20%
170−180
−20%
Hitman 3 95−100
+21.3%
80−85
−21.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 183
+22%
150−160
−22%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 204
+20%
170−180
−20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 116
+22.1%
95−100
−22.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 89
+27.1%
70−75
−27.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+25%
80−85
−25%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+27.1%
70−75
−27.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+25.5%
55−60
−25.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+25%
40−45
−25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75
+25%
60−65
−25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+32.5%
40−45
−32.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 54
+20%
45−50
−20%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+30%
40−45
−30%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+22%
200−210
−22%
Hitman 3 60−65
+20%
50−55
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 143
+30%
110−120
−30%
Metro Exodus 105
+23.5%
85−90
−23.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 134
+21.8%
110−120
−21.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 88
+25.7%
70−75
−25.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200−210
+21.8%
170−180
−21.8%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+20%
65−70
−20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+31.4%
35−40
−31.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%
Hitman 3 35−40
+23.3%
30−33
−23.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
+23.1%
160−170
−23.1%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+20%
50−55
−20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70
+27.3%
55−60
−27.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 42
+20%
35−40
−20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
+25%
24−27
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 23
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+28.6%
21−24
−28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+28%
50−55
−28%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 73
+21.7%
60−65
−21.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 33
+22.2%
27−30
−22.2%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+36.7%
30−33
−36.7%

This is how RTX 4070 Mobile and RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4070 Mobile is 30% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4070 Mobile is 28% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4070 Mobile is 20% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 50.65 42.36
Recency 3 January 2023 21 March 2023
Chip lithography 4 nm 5 nm

RTX 4070 Mobile has a 19.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.


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