GPU Comparison

The NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 occupy very different positions in the database, and the recorded benchmark results reflect that separation clearly. The A1000 Mobile is a low-power, professional mobile part built on the Ampere architecture, while the RTX 4070 is a desktop enthusiast card built on Ada Lovelace. Across the two head-to-head tests available, the RTX 4070 wins both by substantial margins, though the A1000 Mobile still holds a surprisingly strong percentile ranking among all GPUs. This analysis walks through the raw scores, the surrounding rival context, and what the data actually means for a buyer choosing between these two very different products.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two shared benchmark tests between these GPUs: Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan. In both cases, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is the clear winner, with margins that are difficult to overstate.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4070 scores 154858 points, while the RTX A1000 Mobile scores 48703 points. The recorded difference is 68.5% in favor of the RTX 4070. To put that in context, the RTX 4070 is delivering more than three times the raw compute throughput of the A1000 Mobile in this particular workload. The A1000 Mobile's OpenCL score of 48703 is not a weak result in isolation, it places it near the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which averages 48477 points, and ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6550M, the Intel Arc A530M, and the AMD Radeon RX 5600M. But the RTX 4070 simply operates in a different performance tier.

The Vulkan test tells a similar story. The RTX 4070 scores 174152 points, compared to the A1000 Mobile's 46782 points. The margin here is even larger, with the RTX 4070 leading by 73.1%. That means the RTX 4070 is delivering roughly 3.7 times the Vulkan performance of the A1000 Mobile. The A1000 Mobile's Vulkan score of 46782 is actually slightly lower than its OpenCL score, which is worth noting because it suggests the mobile part does not gain as much from the Vulkan API as the desktop part does. The RTX 4070, by contrast, scores higher in Vulkan than in OpenCL, going from 154858 to 174152, indicating a stronger scaling response to the lower-level API.

The overall record is decisive: two tests, two wins for the RTX 4070, and zero wins for the A1000 Mobile. The average benchmark score in the database tells the same story. The RTX 4070 has an average score of 37648 across all of its recorded tests, while the A1000 Mobile has an average score of 47743. That average is interesting because it includes many more tests for the RTX 4070, which has ten recorded benchmark entries, while the A1000 Mobile only has two. The RTX 4070's average is pulled down by some of its lower-scoring legacy tests, such as Passmark DirectX 9 at 320 points and Passmark DirectX 10 at 139 points, but its high-end scores, like the 154858 in OpenCL and 174152 in Vulkan, dominate the head-to-head comparison.

It is also worth examining the percentile rankings, as they provide a different lens on the two cards. The RTX A1000 Mobile sits at the 85th percentile among all GPUs, which is a strong placement for a mobile workstation part. The RTX 4070 sits at the 81st percentile, slightly lower despite its far higher raw scores. This is a reminder that percentiles are relative to the entire database population, and the RTX 4070's lower percentile is a reflection of the fact that it competes in a field with many other high-end desktop cards. The A1000 Mobile, by contrast, is being compared against a broader range of mobile and older parts, so its 85th percentile placement is less surprising given its modest specifications.

The Verdict

The data points to a straightforward conclusion: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is the superior performer by every measurable benchmark metric in this comparison. It wins both head-to-head tests, and it wins them by margins of 68.5% and 73.1%. For any workload that relies on raw OpenCL or Vulkan compute performance, the RTX 4070 is the only rational choice.

However, the verdict is not entirely one-sided once the full context is considered. The RTX A1000 Mobile is a mobile integrated graphics processor with a 60 W power target, while the RTX 4070 is a dual-slot desktop card with a 200 W power target and a 550 W suggested power supply. These are not competing in the same form factor or the same power envelope. The A1000 Mobile is designed for portable workstations where power draw and physical space are constrained, while the RTX 4070 is designed for desktop systems that can accommodate a 240 mm dual-slot card with a 16-pin power connector.

For a user building or upgrading a desktop PC, the RTX 4070 is the clear pick based on performance alone. For a user who needs a professional mobile GPU in a laptop, the A1000 Mobile is the relevant option, and its 85th percentile ranking shows it is not a weak part within its own class. The RTX 4070's launch MSRP of 599 USD is a data point that confirms its desktop enthusiast positioning, though this comparison cannot evaluate whether that price is justified, only that the performance difference is substantial.

The average benchmark scores further reinforce the divide. The RTX 4070 averages 37648 points, but that figure includes a wide spread of tests, from the 139 point Passmark DirectX 10 result to the 174152 point Vulkan result. The A1000 Mobile averages 47743 points, which is actually higher than the RTX 4070's average, but that is a statistical artifact of the different test sets, not evidence of comparable performance. In the only two tests that both cards share, the RTX 4070 wins decisively.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher Geekbench OpenCL score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 scores 154858 points in Geekbench OpenCL, compared to the RTX A1000 Mobile's 48703 points, a difference of 68.5% in favor of the RTX 4070.

Q: How much faster is the RTX 4070 in Vulkan benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4070 scores 174152 points in Geekbench Vulkan, while the RTX A1000 Mobile scores 46782 points. The RTX 4070 leads by 73.1%.

Q: Does the RTX A1000 Mobile have any benchmark wins over the RTX 4070?

A: No. Across the two recorded head-to-head tests, Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX A1000 Mobile has zero wins and the RTX 4070 has two wins.

Q: How does the RTX A1000 Mobile compare to its nearest rivals in the database?

A: The A1000 Mobile's average benchmark score of 47743 places it 1.5% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which averages 48477, and 2.2% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6550M, which averages 46702. It is also 2.4% ahead of the Intel Arc A530M and 2.5% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 5600M.

Q: What are the nearest rivals to the RTX 4070 in the database?

A: The RTX 4070's average score of 37648 places it 0.1% ahead of the NVIDIA Tesla P4, 0.4% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, 1.3% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile, and 1.3% ahead of the AMD Radeon PRO W6400.

Q: Which GPU has the higher percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The RTX A1000 Mobile ranks at the 85th percentile, while the RTX 4070 ranks at the 81st percentile. The A1000 Mobile's higher percentile does not indicate superior performance, as the RTX 4070 wins both shared benchmark tests.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every major specification category in the database. The RTX A1000 Mobile uses the GA107 chip on an 8 nm Samsung process, while the RTX 4070 uses the AD104 chip on a 5 nm TSMC process. The transistor counts reflect the different scales of these chips: the A1000 Mobile has 8,700 million transistors on a 200 mm² die, while the RTX 4070 has 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die. The transistor density tells a clear story about manufacturing advancement, the A1000 Mobile has a density of 43.5 million transistors per square millimeter, while the RTX 4070 reaches 121.8 million per square millimeter.

Clock speeds are also widely separated. The A1000 Mobile has a base clock of 630 MHz and a boost clock of 1140 MHz. The RTX 4070 has a base clock of 1920 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz. Memory clocks differ as well, with the A1000 Mobile running at 1375 MHz (11 Gbps effective) and the RTX 4070 running at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective).

Memory capacity and type are major differentiators. The A1000 Mobile has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128 bit bus, delivering 176.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 4070 has 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192 bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. That is nearly three times the memory bandwidth, which has direct implications for high-resolution textures and compute workloads.

The compute unit counts scale accordingly. The A1000 Mobile has 2048 shading units, 64 texture mapping units, 32 ROPs, 16 ray tracing cores, and 64 tensor cores. The RTX 4070 has 5888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, 64 ROPs, 46 ray tracing cores, and 184 tensor cores. The pixel rate for the A1000 Mobile is 36.48 GPixel/s, compared to 158.4 GPixel/s for the RTX 4070. The texture rate is 72.96 GTexel/s for the mobile part and 455.4 GTexel/s for the desktop part. The FP32 throughput is 4.669 TFLOPS for the A1000 Mobile and 29.15 TFLOPS for the RTX 4070, with both GPUs offering a 1:1 FP16 ratio.

Power and physical specifications create the most practical differences. The A1000 Mobile has a 60 W TDP, is listed as IGP slot width, uses no power connectors, and has display outputs described as portable device dependent. The RTX 4070 has a 200 W TDP, is dual-slot, requires a 1x 16-pin power connector, has a suggested power supply of 550 W, and offers 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. The RTX 4070 measures 240 mm in length, 110 mm in height, and 40 mm in width. The A1000 Mobile has no recorded dimensions, consistent with its integrated mobile design. The bus interfaces also differ, with the A1000 Mobile using PCIe 4.0 x8 and the RTX 4070 using PCIe 4.0 x16.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two GPUs is fundamental. The RTX A1000 Mobile is built on NVIDIA's Ampere architecture, while the RTX 4070 uses the newer Ada Lovelace architecture. The generation names in the database reflect this: the A1000 Mobile is listed under the Ampere-MW generation, and the RTX 4070 is listed under the GeForce 40 generation.

The manufacturing process is a key architectural differentiator. The A1000 Mobile uses an 8 nm process from Samsung, while the RTX 4070 uses a 5 nm process from TSMC. This process difference explains much of the density and efficiency gap, with the RTX 4070 packing more than twice the transistors per square millimeter.

The ray tracing and tensor core counts illustrate the generational leap. The A1000 Mobile has 16 ray tracing cores and 64 tensor cores, while the RTX 4070 has 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores. The RTX 4070's Ada Lovelace architecture is fundamentally newer, and the data reflects that in every throughput metric.

Both GPUs support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so there is no API feature gap between them. The production status is also the same, with both listed as end-of-life. The A1000 Mobile was released on 2022-03-29, and the RTX 4070 was released on 2023-04-11. The A1000 Mobile's predecessor is listed as Quadro Turing-M and its successor as Ada-MW, while the RTX 4070's predecessor is GeForce 30 and its successor is GeForce 50.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4070 wins in every scenario where raw performance is the deciding factor. Its 68.5% lead in OpenCL and 73.1% lead in Vulkan make it the obvious choice for desktop compute workloads, high-end gaming, and any application that can leverage its 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory with 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth also gives it a decisive advantage in memory-heavy tasks, such as large dataset processing or high-resolution texture streaming. The 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores make it the stronger option for ray-traced rendering and AI inference workloads.

The RTX A1000 Mobile wins in the categories of power efficiency and physical integration. Its 60 W TDP is a fraction of the RTX 4070's 200 W TDP, and its IGP form factor with no power connectors means it can be integrated into portable devices without the space or cooling requirements of a dual-slot desktop card. The A1000 Mobile's 85th percentile ranking among all GPUs indicates that, within its mobile professional class, it is a respectable performer. It is also the only option of the two for a laptop or compact mobile workstation, as the RTX 4070 is a 240 mm dual-slot desktop card with a 16-pin power connector and a 550 W suggested power supply.

In terms of rival positioning, the A1000 Mobile sits close to desktop cards like the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, trailing by only 1.5% in average score, and it leads several mobile and entry-level desktop parts by small margins. The RTX 4070 sits in a tighter cluster, with its nearest rivals all within 1.3% of its average score. This suggests the RTX 4070 is competing in a densely packed performance tier where small differences matter, while the A1000 Mobile is in a more spread-out field. For a user who needs desktop-class performance, the RTX 4070 is the clear winner. For a user who needs a mobile professional GPU with modest power draw, the A1000 Mobile is the only one of these two that fits the requirement, and its benchmark data shows it is a credible performer within its constraints.