Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) vs Arc B390
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Intel Arc B390
Panther Lake
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) with 128 pipelines and 1024 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
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 Intel Arc B390
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
- 60% higher maximum theoretical performance (7.7 vs 4.8 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 87% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (56K vs 30K)
- Has 50% more shading units (1536 vs 1024)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| 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 |
| 1080p High | - | 59 |
| 1080p Ultra | - | 46 |
| 1440p Ultra | - | 33 |
| 4K Ultra | - | 16 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | - | 6880 |
| Solar Bay | - | 26783 |
| Port Royal | - | 3880 |
| Fire Strike | - | 16845 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 11778 |
| Night Raid | - | 72249 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 66.6 img/sec | 87.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 28.4 img/sec | 58.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.87 Gpixels/sec | 1.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.24 Gpixels/sec | 2.68 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.82 Gpixels/sec | 4.74 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.3 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 102.4 Gpixels/sec | 249.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 6543.8 FPS | 10821.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | - | 811 |
| DirectX 11 | - | 70 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | - | 48 FPS |
| GPU Compute | - | 3699 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 |
Intel Arc B390
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-05 -> asterismx | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 57164 |
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 | 5487 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 7387 | 16864 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 4047 | 8788 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 8563 | 25029 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 11171 | 18852 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 819 | 2115 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2228 | 4266 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 2725 | 7449 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 7794 | 22207 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 34572 | 95039 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) and Arc B390General
| 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 760M | - |
| Successor | - Intel Arc 140V | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H or above | - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H 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 |
- Intel Core Ultra X9 378H - Intel Core Ultra X7 368H - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H - Intel Core Ultra X7 358H |
Laptop GPU ranking (84th and 71st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2200-2350 MHz (configurable) | 2500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1536 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 48 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 24 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 128 | 12 |
| Tensor Cores | - | 96 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 8 | 12 |
| L1 Cache | 1536KB shared | 64KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | - | 16MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 70-75 GPixel/s | 60 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 141-150 GTexel/s | 120 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | IGP |
| TGP | 28 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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