Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) vs Arc B390

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) with 64 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 2 years and 1 month newer Arc B390 that utilizes 12 pipelines and 1536 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 Arc B390 over Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B390
  • 3.9x higher maximum theoretical performance (7.7 vs 2 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
  • Achieves 3.4x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (56K vs 16K)
  • Has 3x more shading units (1536 vs 512)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5 -
80
41
36
20
The Witcher 3 -
76
63
44
19
Counter-Strike 2 -
96
70
46
23
Far Cry 6 -
63
56
38
18
Hogwarts Legacy -
33
24
18
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III -
37
35
28
13
Ghost of Tsushima -
37
31
24
12
Cyberpunk 2077 -
43
38
21
9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider -
65
57
39
23
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - 59
1080p Ultra - 46
1440p Ultra - 33
4K Ultra - 16
Margin of Error High 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
Time Spy - 6880
Solar Bay - 26783
Port Royal - 3880
Fire Strike - 16845
Wild Life Extreme - 11778
Night Raid - 72249
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Arc B390 +244%
56204
Background Blur 37.6 img/sec 87.6 img/sec
Face Detection 17.2 img/sec 58.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.3 Gpixels/sec 1.9 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.63 Gpixels/sec 2.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.94 Gpixels/sec 4.74 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.22 Gpixels/sec 1.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 60 Gpixels/sec 249.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 3695.9 FPS 10821.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark - 811
DirectX 11 - 70 FPS
DirectX 12 - 48 FPS
GPU Compute - 3699 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5] – 535 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9] – 116 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
No benchmark results yet
Intel Arc B390
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-05 -> asterismxGeekbench 6 OpenCL57164

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
Arc B390 +243%
12930
GB6 ML Half Precision
Arc B390 +363%
23819
GB6 ML Quantized
Arc B390 +199%
8437
Image Classification (SP) 2902 5487
Image Segmentation (HP) 5473 16864
Image Super Resolution (Q) 2967 8788
Face Detection (HP) 6068 25029
Pose Estimation (Q) 8220 18852
Text Classification (SP) 609 2115
Machine Translation (HP) 1146 4266
Object Detection (SP) 2766 7449
Depth Estimation (Q) 6405 22207
Style Transfer (SP) 26796 95039
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) and Arc B390

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released December 14, 2023 January 5, 2026
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Xe LPG Celestial
GPU Codename - Panther Lake
Rival Equivalent - Radeon 740M -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U or above - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
- Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
- and 12 more
- Intel Core Ultra X9 378H
- Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
- Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
- Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
Laptop GPU ranking (98th and 64th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 1750-2000 MHz (configurable) 2500 MHz
Shading Units 512 1536
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 32 48
Render Output Units (ROPs) 16 24
Compute Units (Pipelines) 64 12
Tensor Cores - 96
Ray-tracing Cores 4 12
L1 Cache 768KB shared 64KB per cluster
L2 Cache - 16MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 28-32 GPixel/s 60 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 56-64 GTexel/s 120 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
1.8-2 TFLOPS
Arc B390 +285%
7.7 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus IGP
TGP 14 W 30 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 3 nm
Max. Temperature - 100°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
ECC - No

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA - No
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 2.1

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