GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop vs RTX 4070

We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile 8 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the RTX RTX 4070 12 GB that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4070 over RTX 4070 Mobile
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070
  • Performs significantly better (up to 42%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 46% higher maximum theoretical performance (29.1 vs 20 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 31% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 106 vs 81 FPS
  • Includes 4 GB more video memory
  • Has 2x higher memory bandwidth: 504 vs 256 GB/s
  • Achieves 46% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (167K vs 115K)
  • Has 28% more shading units (5888 vs 4608)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
139
89
77
56
172
115
102
79
The Witcher 3
164
129
95
53
194
159
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
236
183
130
71
272
205
149
81
Far Cry 6
121
109
87
51
149
133
115
68
Hogwarts Legacy
91
77
60
28
117
97
77
39
CoD: Modern Warfare III
111
105
77
51
149
145
107
69
Ghost of Tsushima
85
69
53
29
106
88
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
99
84
53
25
129
119
75
37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
147
137
100
53
211
190
145
80
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 133 167
1080p Ultra 109 139
1440p Ultra 81 106
4K Ultra 46 62
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 4070 +42%
18089
Time Spy 12514 17799
Solar Bay 54815 82861
Port Royal 7416 11156
Fire Strike 30057 44067
Wild Life Extreme 23262 35472
Night Raid 113672 153385
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 4070 +46%
167522
Background Blur 158.5 img/sec 233 img/sec
Face Detection 116.5 img/sec 141.7 img/sec
Horizon Detection 4.35 Gpixels/sec 6.62 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.67 Gpixels/sec 9.19 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 6.44 Gpixels/sec 9.2 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.36 Gpixels/sec 1.78 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 528.5 Gpixels/sec 845.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 16372.3 FPS 25043.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RTX 4070 +70%
18051

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 4070 +38%
26871
G2D Mark 766 1165
DirectX 11 177 FPS 243 FPS
DirectX 12 85 FPS 103 FPS
GPU Compute 8365 Ops/s 14570 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 13217 & 20335 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
3585.95
RTX 4070 +50%
5387.39
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 2189 & 3004 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-05 (Wahid)Geekbench 6 OpenCL122515
📘 2026-06-05 (Wahid)Geekbench 6 OpenCL35869
GeForce RTX 4070
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu)Cinebench 202418051

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 4070 +28%
27166
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 4070 +19%
40963
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 4070 +23%
20332
Image Classification (SP) 8642 10246
Image Segmentation (HP) 20635 26153
Image Super Resolution (Q) 26378 32054
Face Detection (HP) 39776 51337
Pose Estimation (Q) 105983 124617
Text Classification (SP) 2995 3703
Machine Translation (HP) 4507 5484
Object Detection (SP) 10198 13134
Depth Estimation (Q) 41078 50548
Style Transfer (SP) 190315 263477
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop and RTX 4070

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released February 22, 2023 April 13, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) - $599
Case Laptop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename AD106 (GN21-X6) AD104
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon RX 7900 XT
Successor - GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop - GeForce RTX 5070
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above - Intel Core i7 14700K or above
Laptop GPU ranking (#23rd place)
Desktop GPU rating (#28th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 735-2070 MHz (configurable) 1920 MHz
Boost Clock 1230-2175 MHz (configurable) 2475 MHz
Shading Units 4608 5888
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 184
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 36 46
Tensor Cores 144 184
Ray-tracing Cores 36 46
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 36MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 59-104 GPixel/s 158 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 177-313 GTexel/s 455 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
11.3-20 TFLOPS
RTX 4070 +46%
29.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 35-140 W (configurable) 200 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 186 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor Count 22.9 billion 35 billion
Transistor Density 123.12 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory Clock 2000 MHz 1313 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 16000 Mbps 21000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
RTX 4070 +97%
504 GB/s

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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