GeForce RTX 3070 TiM vs RTX 4070 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking55not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency30.60no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD106GA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)November 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores46085888
Core clock speed1395 MHz915 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate244.1259.4
Floating-point processing power15.62 TFLOPS16.6 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs144184
Tensor Cores144184
Ray Tracing Cores3646

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data270 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/s448.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 4 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 220 Watt

RTX 4070 Mobile has a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 91.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3070 TiM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3070 TiM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
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