Apple A18 Pro GPU vs Intel Arc B390

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro GPU, vs Intel Arc B390. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 Pro GPU and Intel Arc B390
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
70
38
29
20
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
68
55
39
19
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
84
60
42
17
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
55
49
37
14
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
29
21
16
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
35
32
26
15
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
33
25
21
10
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
37
33
18
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
57
52
35
19
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a52
1080p Ultran/a41
1440p Ultran/a29
4K Ultran/a14
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple A18 Pro GPU
1795
Intel Arc B390
4242
Time Spyn/a6595
Solar Bay727326399
Port Royaln/a3886
Fire Striken/a16770
Night Raidn/a68498
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple A18 Pro GPU
31229
Intel Arc B390
64546
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple A18 Pro GPU
n/a
Intel Arc B390
9029
G2D Markn/a786
DirectX 11n/a70 fps
DirectX 12n/a50 fps
GPU Computen/a3702 Ops/s
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple A18 Pro GPU
6982
Intel Arc B390
11871
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple A18 Pro GPU
8282
Intel Arc B390
20120
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple A18 Pro GPU
7200
Intel Arc B390
7879
Image Classification (SP)32645487
Image Segmentation (HP)455016864
Horizon Detection67058788
Face Detection (HP)1177025029
Pose Estimation (Q)1554818852
Text Classification (SP)36782115
Machine Translation (HP)56784266
Object Detection (SP)33607449
Depth Estimation (Q)1346822207
Style Transfer (SP)3154195039
FrameworkCore MLONNX
BackendGPUDirectML

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced September, 9, 2024 January, 5, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Celestial
Codename Custom Panther Lake

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 2500 MHz
Shader Units 768 1536
TMUs 40 48
ROPs n/a 24
Execution Units 128 12
L1 cache n/a 64 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 16000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate n/a 60 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 60 GTex/s 120 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.3 TFLOPS 7.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 5.0
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit n/a
ECC support No No

API

DirectX n/a 12.1
Vulkan n/a 1.4
OpenGL n/a 4.6
DisplayPort n/a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

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