NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 83% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1425 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
Around 53% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 3840
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB

Launch date	2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1425 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 3840
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

3.6x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 285 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA106
Launch date	2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	35	117
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz	1425 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	171.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	10.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5888	3840
Pixel fill rate	167.0 GPixel/s	68.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s	171.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	12000 million
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
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	140 mm, 5.5 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	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready