GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop vs 3070 Ti Laptop

We compared two discrete laptop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile 16 GB with 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders against the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile 8 GB that utilizes 44 pipelines and 5632 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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TGP / Version

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

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 3070 Ti Mobile over RTX 4090 Mobile
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 2.4x higher maximum theoretical performance (39.7 vs 16.7 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 66% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 123 vs 74 FPS
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
188
131
122
92
134
82
73
49
The Witcher 3
211
176
132
67
153
120
87
49
Counter-Strike 2
277
217
158
82
222
165
119
61
Far Cry 6
160
144
125
79
111
102
81
45
Hogwarts Legacy
137
111
86
47
84
69
51
29
CoD: Modern Warfare III
177
165
132
84
103
97
68
43
Ghost of Tsushima
122
102
86
52
80
64
48
29
Cyberpunk 2077
151
135
93
44
89
82
47
21
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
235
175
96
136
125
90
48
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 186 124
1080p Ultra 157 101
1440p Ultra 123 74
4K Ultra 71 42
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
Time Spy 21388 11329
Solar Bay 96121 49066
Port Royal 13734 6850
Fire Strike 45207 28615
Wild Life Extreme 42501 23076
Night Raid 147911 95157
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
203263
Background Blur 264 img/sec 173.8 img/sec
Face Detection 134.3 img/sec 96.9 img/sec
Horizon Detection 9.27 Gpixels/sec 5.69 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 12.7 Gpixels/sec 7.75 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 13.2 Gpixels/sec 6.27 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.92 Gpixels/sec 1.14 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 1060 Gpixels/sec 480.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 29225.1 FPS 14706.2 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 988 768
DirectX 11 257 FPS 150 FPS
DirectX 12 106 FPS 71 FPS
GPU Compute 12157 Ops/s 7276 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 3224 & 4655 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
7032.6
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1075 & 1370 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-09 (Horikita)Geekbench 6 OpenCL213782
📘 2025-11-03 (JJ)Cinebench 202423277
📘 2025-11-03 (JJ)Cinebench 202422714
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop
No benchmark results yet

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
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 11346 6969
Image Segmentation (HP) 24625 17142
Image Super Resolution (Q) 36874 16426
Face Detection (HP) 50088 31628
Pose Estimation (Q) 174844 74413
Text Classification (SP) 3226 2522
Machine Translation (HP) 4905 3639
Object Detection (SP) 14667 9002
Depth Estimation (Q) 53868 27790
Style Transfer (SP) 340056 160005
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop and 3070 Ti Laptop

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released February 8, 2023 -
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
GPU Codename AD103 (GN21-X11) GA104 (GN20-E6)
Successor - GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H or above - Intel Core i7 12700H or above
Laptop GPU ranking (4th and 40th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 930-1620 MHz (configurable) 510-1035 MHz (configurable)
Boost Clock 1455-2040 MHz (configurable) 1035-1485 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 9728 5632
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 304 176
Render Output Units (ROPs) 112 80
Compute Units (Pipelines) 76 44
Tensor Cores 304 176
Ray-tracing Cores 76 44
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 64MB shared 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 163-228 GPixel/s 83-119 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 442-620 GTexel/s 182-261 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
28.3-39.7 TFLOPS
11.7-16.7 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W (configurable) 80-150 W (configurable)
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Fabrication Process 5 nm 8 nm
Die Size 379 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor Count 45.9 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor Density 121.11 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 16000 Mbps 14000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
512 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.9 8.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 2
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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