GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop vs 4070 Laptop
VS
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
GB206-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
AD106 (GN21-X6)
We compared two discrete laptop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 1 year and 11 months older RTX 4070 Mobile that utilizes 36 pipelines and 4608 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 5070 Laptop
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
- Shows 9% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 88 vs 81 FPS
- 16% higher maximum theoretical performance (23.2 vs 20 TFLOPS)
- Has 50% higher memory bandwidth: 384 vs 256 GB/s
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 148 95 87 62 |
139 89 77 56 |
| The Witcher 3 | 166 140 101 57 |
164 129 95 53 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 242 191 136 79 |
236 183 130 71 |
| Far Cry 6 | 128 118 93 57 |
121 109 87 51 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 98 79 61 34 |
91 77 60 28 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 124 111 80 54 |
111 105 77 51 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 88 77 59 31 |
85 69 53 29 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 104 92 60 27 |
99 84 53 25 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 165 150 113 59 |
147 137 100 53 |
| 1080p High | 140 | 133 |
| 1080p Ultra | 117 | 109 |
| 1440p Ultra | 88 | 81 |
| 4K Ultra | 51 | 46 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13620 | 12514 |
| Solar Bay | 60191 | 54815 |
| Port Royal | 8718 | 7416 |
| Fire Strike | 35708 | 30057 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 24700 | 23262 |
| Night Raid | 124794 | 113672 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 213.4 img/sec | 158.5 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 130.4 img/sec | 116.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.89 Gpixels/sec | 4.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.23 Gpixels/sec | 5.67 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.41 Gpixels/sec | 6.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.46 Gpixels/sec | 1.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 661.9 Gpixels/sec | 528.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 19395.6 FPS | 16372.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 895 | 766 |
| DirectX 11 | 185 FPS | 177 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 91 FPS | 85 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 7051 Ops/s | 8365 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-05 (Levi) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 141514 |
| 📘 2026-04-11 (Cyrus) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 131880 |
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-05 (Wahid) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 122515 |
| 📘 2026-06-05 (Wahid) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 35869 |
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) | 8984 | 8642 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 26270 | 20635 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 24606 | 26378 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 48283 | 39776 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 98180 | 105983 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3260 | 2995 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5770 | 4507 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 11172 | 10198 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 43305 | 41078 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 165555 | 190315 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop and 4070 LaptopGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | February 22, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | High-end |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | GB206-300 | AD106 (GN21-X6) |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX or above | - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (16th and 23rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 890-1410 MHz (configurable) | 735-2070 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 1410-2520 MHz (configurable) | 1230-2175 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 4608 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 144 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 36 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 144 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 36 |
| 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 | 68-121 GPixel/s | 59-104 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 203-363 GTexel/s | 177-313 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 50-125 W (configurable) | 35-140 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | 186 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | 22.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | 123.12 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 24000 Mbps | 16000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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