NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 4090 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile

Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 515.3 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Around 65% higher pipelines: 9728 vs 5888
Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27541 vs 26966
Around 27% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4908 vs 3853
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 179576 vs 167932

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	515.3 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9728 vs 5888
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 285 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	27541 vs 26966
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4908 vs 3853
Geekbench - OpenCL	179576 vs 167932

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Around 73% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1157 vs 976

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1157 vs 976

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

976

1157

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

27541

26966

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4908

3853

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

179576

167932

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	976	1157
PassMark - G3D Mark	27541	26966
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4908	3853
Geekbench - OpenCL	179576	167932
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD103	AD104
Launch date	2023	2023
Place in performance rating	35	32
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	2610 MHz
Core clock speed	1335 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	515.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	32.98 TFLOPS (1:1)	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	32.98 TFLOPS	30.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9728	5888
Pixel fill rate	189.8 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	515.3 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million	35800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Height		61 mm, 2.4 inches
Length		336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
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	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X