Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) vs Arc B390

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) with 4 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 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 Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B390
  • 3x higher maximum theoretical performance (7.7 vs 2.6 TFLOPS)
  • Features 64 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Achieves 2.4x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (56K vs 23K)
  • 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 +142%
56204
Background Blur 57.6 img/sec 87.6 img/sec
Face Detection 29.1 img/sec 58.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.79 Gpixels/sec 1.9 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.02 Gpixels/sec 2.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.02 Gpixels/sec 4.74 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.34 Gpixels/sec 1.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 61.2 Gpixels/sec 249.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 3352.7 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 Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
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
GB6 ML Half Precision
Arc B390 +84%
23819
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 4265 5487
Image Segmentation (HP) 11549 16864
Image Super Resolution (Q) 4466 8788
Face Detection (HP) 16012 25029
Pose Estimation (Q) 8425 18852
Text Classification (SP) 1380 2115
Machine Translation (HP) 4037 4266
Object Detection (SP) 4026 7449
Depth Estimation (Q) 10708 22207
Style Transfer (SP) 35823 95039
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) and Arc B390

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 5, 2026 January 5, 2026
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Celestial Celestial
GPU Codename Panther Lake Panther Lake
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H or above - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 366H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 365
- Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 355
- Intel Core Ultra 5 336H
- Intel Core Ultra 5 335
- Intel Core Ultra 5 325
- Intel Core Ultra X9 378H
- Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
- Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
- Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
Laptop GPU ranking (75th and 63rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

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

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 40 GPixel/s 60 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 80 GTexel/s 120 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Arc B390 +196%
7.7 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 IGP
TGP 25 W 30 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Max. Temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
ECC No No

API

DirectX 12.1 12.1
Vulkan 1.4 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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