[Comparison] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (Laptop, 140W) vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (Laptop, 150W) – The 3070 Ti is far from being out of the fight

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [Comparison] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (Laptop, 140W) vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (Laptop, 150W) - The 3070 Ti is far from being out of the fight

From: Severin Kolakov 11 August 2023 / 16:01 | 0

If you’re already looking for an RTX 4070 laptop, stop right now. Before you actually commit, let us introduce you to the RTX 3070 Ti from last year and all the power that it can bring. It’s one of the best cards to come out last year, acting as a refresh and an improvement over the regular RTX 3070. As for the 4070, it’s the new kid on the block, of which we’ve picked the highest possible 140W version. The 3070 Ti’s not too shabby either, sporting an even larger 150W power limit.

You can learn more about both GPUs here: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (140W) / GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (Laptop, 150W)

You can check out our Top Laptop Graphics Ranking to see the top-performing GPUs.

Specs table

Of course, these new GPUs clock up way higher, but we have to factor in the larger core count of the Ampere GPU, as well as the bigger memory bus and higher bandwidth.

	GeForce RTX 4070 (Laptop, 140W)	GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (Laptop, 150W)
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Lithography	4 nm	8 nm
Base / Max Frequency	2070MHz / 2175MHz	915MHz / 1410MHz
Memory Type	GDDR6-2000MHz	GDDR6-1750MHz
Memory capacity	8GB	8GB
Cores	4608	5888
Power Consumption	140W	150W
Memory bus	128-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/sec	448 GB/sec

GPU benchmarks

While the new RTX 4070 is the better performer in the Time Spy benchmarks, all other tests sway in favor of the good old RTX 3070 Ti, as it’s 6% faster on average.

Gaming tests

Metro Exodus	Full HD, Low (Check settings)	Full HD, High (Check settings)	Full HD, Extreme (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 4070 (Laptop, 140W)	169 fps	97 fps	49 fps
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (Laptop, 150W)	185 fps (+9%)	98 fps (+1%)	49 fps

Borderlands 3	Full HD, Medium (Check settings)	Full HD, High (Check settings)	Full HD, Badass (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 4070 (Laptop, 140W)	129 fps	116 fps	98 fps
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (Laptop, 150W)	160 fps (+23%)	123 fps (+6%)	102 fps (+4%)

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands	Full HD, High (Check settings)	Full HD, Very High (Check settings)	Full HD, Ultra (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 4070 (Laptop, 140W)	137 fps	124 fps	80 fps
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (Laptop, 150W)	145 fps (+6%)	126 fps (+2%)	83 fps (+4%)

Conclusion

Well guys, it looks like the RTX 3070 Ti is far from being out of the fight, as it should be, as hardware from earlier generations can always offer a lot of value. Now, when it comes to pricing, you can see it for yourself down below, as laptops with the 3070 Ti start from around $1100, so its safe to say that you can get a lot of performance for a fairly low price. The Acer Nitro 5 specifically has been one of the best-selling gaming laptops in 2022 and 2023, thanks to its price-to-performance offering. In case you care only about price-to-performance, then our Top Gaming Laptop Deals Ranking is right for you, as it’s always updated to include the latest deals.