NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 759

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 759

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 244.1 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 29% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Around 71% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2701 vs 1577
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19586 vs 15295

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 12 Oct 2022
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2701 vs 1577
PassMark - G3D Mark	19586 vs 15295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1577

2701

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

759

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15295

19586

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1577	2701
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	759
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295	19586
Geekbench - OpenCL		109087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		319.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		36.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		218.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1585.54

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA106	AD106
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	82	80
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	3584	4608
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	81.36 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	244.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		244.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		15.62 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		15.62 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	256.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6