Intel Arc B370 vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Arc B370 with 10 pipelines and 1280 shaders against the 3 months older Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) that utilizes 160 pipelines and 1280 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
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of M5 GPU (10-Core) over Arc B370
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B370
  • 49% higher maximum theoretical performance (6.1 vs 4.1 TFLOPS)
Reasons to consider the Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
  • Achieves 57% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (75K vs 48K)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
74
37
30
17
-
The Witcher 3
66
53
39
18
-
Counter-Strike 2
86
60
41
17
-
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
-
Hogwarts Legacy
30
23
14
-
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
34
32
26
15
-
Ghost of Tsushima
34
26
22
11
-
Cyberpunk 2077
36
35
19
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
59
49
33
21
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 53 -
1080p Ultra 40 -
1440p Ultra 29 -
4K Ultra 15 -
Margin of Error Low Low

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
4940
5338
Time Spy 6025 -
Solar Bay 22582 24536
Port Royal 3498 -
Fire Strike 15198 -
Wild Life Extreme 11657 12278
Night Raid 69825 -
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 GPU Compute

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
48273
75777
Background Blur 117.4 img/sec 155.7 img/sec
Face Detection 60.6 img/sec 178.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.39 Gpixels/sec 2.22 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.95 Gpixels/sec 2.87 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.45 Gpixels/sec 5.8 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.66 Gpixels/sec 0.95 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 144.8 Gpixels/sec 190.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 7272.6 FPS 6579.1 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 828 -
DirectX 11 65 FPS -
DirectX 12 45 FPS -
GPU Compute 3413 Ops/s -
Sources: PassMark [5] – 44 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
1289.45
2022.33
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 5 & 135 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Arc B370
No benchmark results yet
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 OpenCL48688

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
10834
13289
GB6 ML Half Precision
20482
24800
GB6 ML Quantized
7349
23572
Image Classification (SP) 5389 6348
Image Segmentation (HP) 18899 16813
Image Super Resolution (Q) 8326 30322
Face Detection (HP) 25377 34387
Pose Estimation (Q) 16174 111591
Text Classification (SP) 1763 2319
Machine Translation (HP) 4140 5555
Object Detection (SP) 7138 6450
Depth Estimation (Q) 20034 53195
Style Transfer (SP) 84880 82314
Framework ONNX Core ML
Backend DirectML GPU
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]
Results were compared using different ML frameworks

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Arc B370 and Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 5, 2026 October 15, 2025
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Celestial Apple M GPU
GPU Codename Panther Lake Custom
Rival Equivalent - - Adreno X2-90
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 7 356H or above - Apple M5 (10-Core) or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 5 338H - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Laptop GPU ranking (70th and 44th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz -
Boost Clock 2400 MHz 1620 MHz
Shading Units 1280 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 40 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 20 40
Compute Units (Pipelines) 10 160
Tensor Cores 80 -
Ray-tracing Cores 10 -
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster -
L2 Cache 16MB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 48 GPixel/s 65 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 96 GTexel/s 130 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Arc B370 +49%
6.1 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface IGP Custom
TGP 25 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Transistor Count - 28 billion
Max. Temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock - 9600 MHz
Bus - 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
n/a
153 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.1 -
Vulkan 1.4 -
OpenGL 4.6 -
OpenCL 3.0 -
CUDA No -
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 -

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