Intel Arc B390 vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
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Intel Arc B390
Panther Lake
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Custom
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Arc B390 with 12 pipelines and 1536 shaders against the Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) that utilizes 640 pipelines and 5120 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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
Reasons to consider the Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
- Performs significantly better (up to 3.2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.2x higher maximum theoretical performance (16.6 vs 7.7 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 2.6x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (146K vs 56K)
- Has 3.3x more shading units (5120 vs 1536)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 80 41 36 20 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 76 63 44 19 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 96 70 46 23 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 63 56 38 18 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 33 24 18 - |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 37 35 28 13 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 37 31 24 12 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 43 38 21 9 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 65 57 39 23 |
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| 1080p High | 59 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 46 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 33 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 16 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 6880 | - |
| Solar Bay | 26783 | 79263 |
| Port Royal | 3880 | - |
| Fire Strike | 16845 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 11778 | 42423 |
| Night Raid | 72249 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 87.6 img/sec | 257 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 58.5 img/sec | 182.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.9 Gpixels/sec | 5.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 2.68 Gpixels/sec | 8.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.74 Gpixels/sec | 8.86 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.01 Gpixels/sec | 1.28 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 249.7 Gpixels/sec | 455.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 10821.1 FPS | 21658 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 812 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 70 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 48 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 3669 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Intel Arc B390
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-05 -> asterismx | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 57164 |
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-16 -> Apple lover | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 146276 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (Steven) | Cinebench 2024 | 9283 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (Steven) | Steel Nomad Light | 18486 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 5487 | 10711 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 16864 | 42406 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 8788 | 42905 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 25029 | 73489 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 18852 | 289766 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2115 | 6087 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4266 | 8881 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 7449 | 10130 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 22207 | 84224 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 95039 | 264552 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc B390 and Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | March 3, 2026 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Celestial | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Panther Lake | Custom |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H or above | - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core Ultra X9 378H - Intel Core Ultra X7 368H - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H - Intel Core Ultra X7 358H |
- Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) |
Laptop GPU ranking (62nd and 6th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 48 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 24 | 160 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 12 | 640 |
| Tensor Cores | 96 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 12 | - |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 16MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 60 GPixel/s | 259 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 120 GTexel/s | 518 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | IGP | Custom |
| TGP | 30 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 | - | 512-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
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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