Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4070

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3050
  • + Die size (mm²) (+94 mm²)
B GeForce RTX 4070
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+312 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+27,100M)
  • + CUDA cores (+3840)
  • + TMUs (+120)
  • + ROPs (+32)
  • + RT cores (+30)
  • + Tensor cores (+120)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+23.65 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+115.42 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+369.45 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+14.5)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+7611)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+7463)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+18102)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+105230)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+97121)
  • + Normalized score (+21.4)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
Component B
GeForce RTX 4070
Release year 2021 2023 (+2)
VRAM (GB) 4 GB 8 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 2000 MHz (+500 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 192 GB/s 504 GB/s (+312 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit 192 bit (+64 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 75 W 115 W (+40 W)
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 5 nm (-3 nm)
Transistors (M) 8,700M 35,800M (+27,100M)
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² (+94 mm²) 294 mm²
Base clock (MHz) 1065 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) 1343 MHz
CUDA cores 2,048 5,888 (+3840)
TMUs 64 184 (+120)
ROPs 32 64 (+32)
RT cores 16 46 (+30)
Tensor cores 64 184 (+120)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 5.50 TFLOPS 29.15 TFLOPS (+23.65 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 42.98 GPixel/s 158.40 GPixel/s (+115.42 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 85.95 GTexel/s 455.40 GTexel/s (+369.45 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 17.0 31.5 (+14.5)
PassMark (overall) 11,878 19,489 (+7611)
3DMark Time Spy 4,497 11,960 (+7463)
3DMark Fire Strike 11,949 30,051 (+18102)
Geekbench OpenCL 63,465 168,695 (+105230)
Geekbench Vulkan 62,164 159,285 (+97121)
Normalized score 63.1 84.5 (+21.4)

Only in component B

CUDA DLSS ray_tracing

In both

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FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3050 GeForce RTX 4070 Delta
Assassin's Creed Mirage 55 FPS 116 FPS 110.9% (B)
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 32 FPS 65 FPS 103.1% (B)
Baldur's Gate 3 45 FPS 73 FPS 62.2% (B)
Battlefield 5 93 FPS 140 FPS 50.5% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 250 FPS 47.1% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 66 FPS 135 FPS 104.5% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 46 FPS 58 FPS 26.1% (B)
Dota 2 118 FPS 178 FPS 50.8% (B)
F1 2021 105 FPS 163 FPS 55.2% (B)
F1 22 86 FPS 109 FPS 26.7% (B)
F1 23 87 FPS 153 FPS 75.9% (B)
Far Cry 5 68 FPS 139 FPS 104.4% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 44 FPS 41 FPS +7.3% (A)
Fortnite 110 FPS 200 FPS 81.8% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 90 FPS 180 FPS 100% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 87 FPS 190 FPS 118.4% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS
GTA V 95 FPS 134 FPS 41.1% (B)
Metro Exodus 49 FPS 111 FPS 126.5% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS
Resident Evil 4 Remake 50 FPS 160 FPS 220% (B)
Returnal 34 FPS 64 FPS 88.2% (B)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 229 FPS 182.7% (B)
The Witcher 3 71 FPS 124 FPS 74.6% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 56 FPS 74 FPS 32.1% (B)
Valorant 150 FPS 260 FPS 73.3% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 52 FPS +19.2% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4070 wins 23 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).