Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) vs GeForce RTX 3050
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 1 year and 11 months older GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 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
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050
- Includes 8 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- 90% higher maximum theoretical performance (9.1 vs 4.8 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 2.2x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (67K vs 30K)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
- Has 2.5x more shading units (2560 vs 1024)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | - | 92 53 43 26 |
| The Witcher 3 | - | 90 70 49 24 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | - | 139 101 72 31 |
| Far Cry 6 | - | 76 66 49 25 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | - | 49 38 30 13 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | - | 59 49 35 22 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | - | 46 35 28 15 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | - | 48 45 26 11 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | - | 80 73 49 25 |
| 1080p High | - | 75 |
| 1080p Ultra | - | 59 |
| 1440p Ultra | - | 42 |
| 4K Ultra | - | 21 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | - | 6235 |
| Solar Bay | - | 30191 |
| Port Royal | - | 3546 |
| Fire Strike | - | 15967 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 12795 |
| Night Raid | - | 74854 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 66.6 img/sec | 110.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 28.4 img/sec | 64.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.87 Gpixels/sec | 2.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.24 Gpixels/sec | 3.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.82 Gpixels/sec | 2.89 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.3 Gpixels/sec | 0.81 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 102.4 Gpixels/sec | 270.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 6543.8 FPS | 9339.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | - | 916 |
| DirectX 11 | - | 90 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | - | 59 FPS |
| GPU Compute | - | 6415 Ops/s |
Recent User Tests
Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-02-22 (Catt) | Steel Nomad Light | 2669 |
| 📘 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 64108 |
| 📘 2025-11-08 (Anuj) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 35379 |
GeForce RTX 3050
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitry | Cinebench 2024 | 4722 |
| 📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitry | Steel Nomad Light | 6237 |
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) | 2540 | 4958 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 7387 | 12747 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 4047 | 9816 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 8563 | 22467 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 11171 | 41362 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 819 | 2563 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2228 | 3721 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 2725 | 5929 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 7794 | 18361 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 34572 | 84665 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) and GeForce RTX 3050General
| Vendor | Intel | Nvidia |
| Build | Integrated | Discrete |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | January 27, 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $249 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Generic | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Xe LPG | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | - | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon 760M | - |
| Successor | - Intel Arc 140V | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H or above | - Intel Core i5 12400 or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H |
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Laptop GPU ranking (#86th place)
Desktop GPU rating (#71st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 1552 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2200-2350 MHz (configurable) | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 80 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 128 | 20 |
| Tensor Cores | - | 80 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 8 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 1536KB shared | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | - | 2MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 70-75 GPixel/s | 57 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 141-150 GTexel/s | 142 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 28 W | 130 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | - | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | - | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | - | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | - | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | - | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | - | 128-bit |
| ECC | - | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 1.4a |
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