GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile vs RTX 3060 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 3060 Ti
2020
8 GB GDDR6, 200 Watt
53.15
+4.3%

RTX 3060 Ti outperforms RTX 4070 Mobile by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4956
Place by popularity26not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation68.53no data
Power efficiency18.3430.57
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA104AD106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 December 2020 (4 years ago)3 January 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48644608
Core clock speed1410 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speed1665 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate253.1244.1
Floating-point processing power16.2 TFLOPS15.62 TFLOPS
ROPs8048
TMUs152144
Tensor Cores152144
Ray Tracing Cores3836

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

RTX 3060 Ti 53.15
+4.3%
RTX 4070 Mobile 50.95

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 3060 Ti 20437
+4.3%
RTX 4070 Mobile 19590

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 3060 Ti 37941
RTX 4070 Mobile 41090
+8.3%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 3060 Ti 78597
RTX 4070 Mobile 94245
+19.9%

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.

RTX 3060 Ti 28145
RTX 4070 Mobile 29950
+6.4%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3060 Ti 153968
RTX 4070 Mobile 157542
+2.3%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3060 Ti 615311
+0.4%
RTX 4070 Mobile 612986

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 HD142
+10.9%
128
−10.9%
1440p78
+5.4%
74
−5.4%
4K49
+4.3%
47
−4.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.81no data
1440p5.12no data
4K8.14no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 161
+26.8%
127
−26.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 83
−60.2%
133
+60.2%
Elden Ring 141
−4.3%
147
+4.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 124
+11.7%
111
−11.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 91
+56.9%
58
−56.9%
Forza Horizon 4 220
−29.5%
285
+29.5%
Metro Exodus 113
−23.9%
140
+23.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+3.2%
95−100
−3.2%
Valorant 320
+49.5%
210−220
−49.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 106
+12.8%
94
−12.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 81
+65.3%
49
−65.3%
Dota 2 142
−9.9%
156
+9.9%
Elden Ring 187
−21.4%
227
+21.4%
Far Cry 5 103
+0%
103
+0%
Fortnite 210−220
+3.4%
200−210
−3.4%
Forza Horizon 4 192
−21.4%
233
+21.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 141
−2.8%
145
+2.8%
Metro Exodus 97
−14.4%
111
+14.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 210−220
+0.5%
210−220
−0.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 89
−6.7%
95−100
+6.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 220−230
+6.1%
210−220
−6.1%
World of Tanks 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 97
+16.9%
83
−16.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 75
+70.5%
44
−70.5%
Dota 2 135
−23.7%
167
+23.7%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+2.8%
100−110
−2.8%
Forza Horizon 4 174
−16.7%
203
+16.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 210−220
+0.5%
210−220
−0.5%
Valorant 274
+28%
210−220
−28%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 97
+7.8%
90
−7.8%
Elden Ring 101
−23.8%
125
+23.8%
Grand Theft Auto V 97
+9%
89
−9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 57
+3.6%
55−60
−3.6%
World of Tanks 300−350
+4.9%
300−350
−4.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+1.2%
80−85
−1.2%
Counter-Strike 2 62
+21.6%
51
−21.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 50
+85.2%
27
−85.2%
Far Cry 5 160−170
+1.3%
150−160
−1.3%
Forza Horizon 4 139
+3.7%
134
−3.7%
Metro Exodus 93
−12.9%
105
+12.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100−110
+19.3%
88
−19.3%
Valorant 219
+20.3%
180−190
−20.3%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 36
+20%
30
−20%
Dota 2 107
+18.9%
90
−18.9%
Elden Ring 57
−12.3%
64
+12.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 107
+20.2%
89
−20.2%
Metro Exodus 43
−2.3%
44
+2.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 180−190
+5.1%
170−180
−5.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 38
+5.6%
35−40
−5.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 107
+20.2%
89
−20.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+4.8%
60−65
−4.8%
Counter-Strike 2 60−65
+5.3%
55−60
−5.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 24
+100%
12
−100%
Dota 2 109
−33.9%
146
+33.9%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+7.1%
85−90
−7.1%
Fortnite 85−90
+6.1%
80−85
−6.1%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+16.7%
72
−16.7%
Valorant 122
+22%
100−105
−22%

This is how RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 4070 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Ti is 11% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 Ti is 5% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 Ti is 4% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 Ti is 100% faster.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RTX 4070 Mobile is 60% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Ti is ahead in 39 tests (62%)
  • RTX 4070 Mobile is ahead in 17 tests (27%)
  • there's a draw in 7 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 53.15 50.95
Recency 1 December 2020 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 3060 Ti has a 4.3% higher aggregate performance score.

RTX 4070 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 73.9% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile is a notebook one.


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