NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 4070 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Around 95% higher texture fill rate: 244.1 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
2x more pipelines: 4608 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19620 vs 12873
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 107739 vs 49719

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19620 vs 12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	107739 vs 49719

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 757

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 757

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

757

942

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19620

12873

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

107739

49719

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	757	942
PassMark - G3D Mark	19620	12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	107739	49719
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12488
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 4070 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD106	GA107
Launch date	2023	2022
Place in performance rating	79	81
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	244.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	15.62 TFLOPS (1:1)	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.62 TFLOPS	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4608	2304
Pixel fill rate	81.36 GPixel/s	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s	125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	90 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
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	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6