GeForce RTX 4070 vs GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

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Aggregated performance score

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
2018
3 MB GDDR5
12.78

RTX 4070 outperforms GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by 446% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary Details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking36217
Place by popularitynot in top-10027
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluationno data26.30
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameno dataAD104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years ago)13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599
Current priceno data$791 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7685888
Core clock speed1366 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistorsno data35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data200 Watt
Texture fill rateno data455.4

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and GeForce RTX 4070 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

VRAM Capacity and Type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount3 MB12 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth84 GB/s504.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported GPU Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Multi-Projection+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDAno data8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 12.78
RTX 4070 69.78
+446%

RTX 4070 outperforms GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by 446% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 6401
RTX 4070 43824
+585%

RTX 4070 outperforms GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by 585% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD35−40
−506%
212
+506%
1440p21−24
−471%
120
+471%
4K12−14
−500%
72
+500%

Pros & Cons Summary


Performance score 12.78 69.78
Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

The GeForce RTX 4070 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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