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Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop | 18.00" | 3.1 kg
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop is a mobile graphics card from the Blackwell family for laptops, which was unveiled at CES 2025. It is based on the GB206 chip, featuring 4,608 shader/CUDA cores clocked at 908-2520 MHz (depending on the model). The graphics memory used is 8 GB GDDR7 with a 128-bit memory bus. The RTX 5070 features 36 RT-cores and 48 ROPs.
Performance
Our tests show that the RTX 5070 Laptop is negligibly faster than the previous RTX 4070 Laptop (1-3%) in games and up to ~5% faster in benchmarks. However, MFG (2x, 3x, and 4x) and DLSS support can help the 5070 to ensure higher and smoother frame rates. The desktop counterpart is 15-20% faster, depending on the resolution (without accounting for DLSS and MFG).
Power consumption
The GB206 chip is manufactured in the current TSMC 4N process. The total graphics power of this model ranges from 50 to 100 watts.
GeForce RTX 5000 Laptop GPU Series
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Codename | GN22-X6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Blackwell | ||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 4608 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||
TMUs | 144 | ||||||||||||||||||
ROPs | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
Raytracing Cores | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tensor / AI Cores | 144 | ||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 2235 - 2520 (Boost) MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
Theoretical Performance | 23.22 TFLOPS FP16, 23.22 TFLOPS FP32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cache | L1: 4.608 KB, L2: 32.768 KB | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 32000 effective = 2000 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 8 GB | ||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | ||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bandwidth | 512 GB/s | ||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_2, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 100 Watt (50 - 100 Watt TGP) | ||||||||||||||||||
technology | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||
PCIe | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Displays | 4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1b, DisplayPort 2.1b | ||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | medium sized | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 02.01.2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU |
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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