Intel Arc 140V vs Apple A18 Pro GPU

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Arc 140V with 1024 shaders against the Apple A18 Pro GPU that utilizes 128 pipelines and 768 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of A18 Pro GPU over Arc 140V
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc 140V
  • 83% higher maximum theoretical performance (4.2 vs 2.3 TFLOPS)
  • Has 33% more shading units (1024 vs 768)

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy 3715 -
Solar Bay - 7374
Wild Life Extreme - 3947
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 GPU Compute

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
30059
31229
Background Blur 73.6 img/sec 57.1 img/sec
Face Detection 39 img/sec 91.4 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.79 Gpixels/sec 0.92 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.11 Gpixels/sec 1.21 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.6 Gpixels/sec 1.5 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.45 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 107.1 Gpixels/sec 84.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 4521.5 FPS 3061 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 656 -
DirectX 11 38 FPS -
DirectX 12 28 FPS -
GPU Compute 2768 Ops/s -
Sources: PassMark [5] – 4446 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
561.81
Sources: Blender [9] – 89 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Arc 140V
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 OpenCL31387
Apple A18 Pro GPU
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-24 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 OpenCL19670

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) - 3264
Image Segmentation (HP) - 4550
Image Super Resolution (Q) - 6705
Face Detection (HP) - 11770
Pose Estimation (Q) - 15548
Text Classification (SP) - 3678
Machine Translation (HP) - 5678
Object Detection (SP) - 3360
Depth Estimation (Q) - 13468
Style Transfer (SP) - 31541
Framework - Core ML
Backend - GPU
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Arc 140V and Apple A18 Pro GPU

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Released September 4, 2024 September 9, 2024
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Xe2 Apple M GPU
GPU Codename Lunar Lake iGPU Custom
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 7 256V or above - Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 266V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
- Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
Laptop GPU ranking (70th and 81st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 600 MHz -
Boost Clock 1950-2050 MHz (configurable) 1490 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) - 40
Compute Units (Pipelines) - 128
Tensor Cores No -
Ray-tracing Cores 8 -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Texture Fill Rate - 60 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Arc 140V +83%
4-4.2 TFLOPS
2.3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Custom
TGP 30 W -
Manufacturing Intel TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Max. Temperature 100°C -

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock - 7500 MHz
Bus - 128-bit
ECC No No

API

DirectX 12.2 -
OpenGL 4.6 -
OpenCL 3.0 -
CUDA No -
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 -

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