GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop vs 4060 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
AD106 (GN21-X6)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
AD107 (GN21-X4)
We compared two discrete laptop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the RTX 4060 Mobile that utilizes 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
- Performs better (up to 25%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 37% higher maximum theoretical performance (20 vs 14.6 TFLOPS)
- Shows 21% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 81 vs 67 FPS
- Features 48 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 50% more shading units (4608 vs 3072)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 139 89 77 56 |
120 77 66 44 |
| The Witcher 3 | 164 129 95 53 |
141 112 79 42 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 236 183 130 71 |
205 153 110 54 |
| Far Cry 6 | 121 109 87 51 |
103 92 75 43 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 91 77 60 28 |
74 62 45 25 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 111 105 77 51 |
95 85 59 37 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 85 69 53 29 |
74 60 42 23 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 99 84 53 25 |
82 72 42 21 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 147 137 100 53 |
127 116 83 43 |
| 1080p High | 133 | 113 |
| 1080p Ultra | 109 | 92 |
| 1440p Ultra | 81 | 67 |
| 4K Ultra | 46 | 37 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 12514 | 10397 |
| Solar Bay | 54815 | 45002 |
| Port Royal | 7416 | 5819 |
| Fire Strike | 30057 | 26481 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 23262 | 19820 |
| Night Raid | 113672 | 98330 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 158.5 img/sec | 142.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 116.5 img/sec | 103.7 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.35 Gpixels/sec | 3.83 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.67 Gpixels/sec | 4.93 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.44 Gpixels/sec | 4.63 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.36 Gpixels/sec | 1.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 528.5 Gpixels/sec | 430.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 16372.3 FPS | 13519.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 766 | 731 |
| DirectX 11 | 177 FPS | 155 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 85 FPS | 72 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 8365 Ops/s | 6789 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-05 (Wahid) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 122515 |
| 📘 2026-06-05 (Wahid) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 35869 |
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-04 (Viru) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 115610 |
| 📘 2026-09-04 (Viru) | Cinebench 2024 | 10216 |
| 📘 2026-02-21 (Бенкдикт) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 101184 |
| 📘 2025-12-18 (AmirtheX) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 107583 |
| 📘 2025-11-17 (kritan) | Cinebench 2024 | 10306 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 8642 | 7421 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 20635 | 19041 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 26378 | 20913 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 39776 | 35464 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 105983 | 67110 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2995 | 3086 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4507 | 4740 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 10198 | 8644 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 41078 | 32456 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 190315 | 142039 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop and 4060 LaptopGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | February 22, 2023 | February 22, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD106 (GN21-X6) | AD107 (GN21-X4) |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop | - GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above | - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (23rd and 43rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 735-2070 MHz (configurable) | 1140-2295 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 1230-2175 MHz (configurable) | 1470-2370 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 3072 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 96 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 24 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 96 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 59-104 GPixel/s | 71-114 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 177-313 GTexel/s | 141-228 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 35-140 W (configurable) | 35-140 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 186 mm² | 156 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 22.9 billion | 18.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 123.12 MTr/mm² | 121.15 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | 16000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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