Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) vs GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
AD107 (GN21-X2)
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 10 months older GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile 6 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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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 GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
- 2.5x higher maximum theoretical performance (12.1 vs 4.8 TFLOPS)
- Includes 6 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 2.7x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (81K vs 30K)
- Has 2.5x more shading units (2560 vs 1024)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | - | 107 66 56 35 |
| The Witcher 3 | - | 117 91 67 34 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | - | 167 126 88 43 |
| Far Cry 6 | - | 87 79 59 32 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | - | 62 52 34 20 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | - | 75 68 44 30 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | - | 57 45 33 17 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | - | 61 57 34 13 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | - | 98 90 62 32 |
| 1080p High | - | 92 |
| 1080p Ultra | - | 75 |
| 1440p Ultra | - | 53 |
| 4K Ultra | - | 28 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | - | 8212 |
| Solar Bay | - | 35375 |
| Port Royal | - | 4624 |
| Fire Strike | - | 21909 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 15492 |
| Night Raid | - | 84848 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 66.6 img/sec | 141.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 28.4 img/sec | 84.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.87 Gpixels/sec | 3.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.24 Gpixels/sec | 3.91 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.82 Gpixels/sec | 3.85 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.3 Gpixels/sec | 1.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 102.4 Gpixels/sec | 325.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 6543.8 FPS | 11008.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | - | 622 |
| DirectX 11 | - | 129 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | - | 60 FPS |
| GPU Compute | - | 5847 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 4050 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-17 (kam) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 93074 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (Mr._.Flexo) | Cinebench 2024 | 8096 |
| 📘 2026-07-02 (SuperDuck) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 90032 |
| 📘 2026-05-18 (TheMan) | Cinebench 2024 | 8523 |
| 📘 2026-05-15 -> Zay | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 89343 |
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 | 6233 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 7387 | 16395 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 4047 | 18240 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 8563 | 30758 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 11171 | 61300 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 819 | 3124 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2228 | 4357 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 2725 | 7812 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 7794 | 29192 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 34572 | 117759 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) and GeForce RTX 4050 LaptopGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Nvidia |
| Build | Integrated | Discrete |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | February 22, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Xe LPG | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | - | AD107 (GN21-X2) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon 760M | - Radeon RX 7700S |
| Successor | - Intel Arc 140V | - GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H or above | - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 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 and 67th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 1140-2070 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 2200-2350 MHz (configurable) | 1605-2370 MHz (configurable) |
| 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 | - | 12MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 70-75 GPixel/s | 51-76 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 141-150 GTexel/s | 128-190 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 28 W | 35-140 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | - | 156 mm² |
| Transistor Count | - | 18.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | - | 121.15 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | - | 6 GB |
| Memory Clock | - | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 16000 Mbps |
| Bus | - | 96-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 | - | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 1.4a |
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